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Place of Origin: Australian
An Australian Aboriginal Painting of Body Painting Design
By Josephine Burak
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ttitle: Jilamara (Body Painting Design)
Artist: Josephine Burak (1977-)
Date: 2006
MediumL Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 19.75"w X 29.5"h
Provenance: Munupi Arts & Crafts, Melville Island, Northern...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Aboriginal Body Painting Terrence Gurruwiwi Elcho Island, Australia
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: Gumatj Ceremonial chest paint
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 32" H x 28.5" W
Date created: November 2006
Artist: Terrence Gaypamany Gurruwiwi
Language: Glapu
Date of birth: 06/09/1984
The painting depicts the traditional body paint onto the chest during ceremonies of the local aboriginal communities. It is
signed by the artist on verso as shown and also retains a stamp from Elcho Island Art...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
An Australian Aboriginal Painting of Body Paint Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ttitle: Jilamara (Body Paint Design)
Artist: Sheila Puruntatameri (1971-)
Date: 2006
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 15.8" x 23.6" (40cm x 60cm)
Proven...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
An Australian Aboriginal Painting from Elcho Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: Djirrididi Design
Artist: Jeffery Walkundjawuy (1955-)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 18 x 27 inches
DOC: November 2006
Provenance: Galiwin'ku Community Art Center, Elcho Island, Northern...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Australia Aboriginal painting Woman Body Paint by Abie Loy Kemarre
By Abie Loy
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large painting depicting "woman's body paint" by Australian Aboriginal Artist Abie Loy Kemarre. Body paint is one of her inherited dreaming thus one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Fascinating Large Austrialian Aboriginal Dot Painting
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Original hand made fascinating aboriginal “dot painting” on canvas
From Australia
Can be hung vertically or horizontally.
Category
1980s Tribal Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Stunning Australian Aboriginal Painting by Naata Nungurrayi
By Naata Nungurrayi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and stunning contemporary abstract painting by celebrated Australian Aboriginal artist Naata Nungurrayi (1932-2021), stretched and ready for display. A rare masterpiece of the museum quality dating from the peak of the artist's creative output in 2003. The canvas is singular in both the impressive size and tine quality, and it comes with full provenance and step by step photos (100 in total) recording the creation of this significant piece of work.
The artist used fine dots as the sole element to compose a complex dreamtime landscape where Women's Ceremony took place in her ancestral time. The place is located at Marrapinti and its surrounds, where many water soakage holes were located. Dots in brilliant shifting and contrasting colors form ceremonial Tingari symbols performed by the women, black crawling tracks that may be associated with a site called Karilywarra (two carpet snakes) and mesmerizing Tali (sandhill) movements surrounding the canvas. The work is of the signature style of the artist, singular and easily recognizable. The fine quality of this work is exemplary.
Medium: acrylic on Belgium Linen
Cat no. NN200315
Provenance: Yanda Aboriginal Art, NT.
The painting comes with a COA letter and an artist biograph issued by Yanda Aboriginal Art and a presentation album with 100 photos that documented the entire process of the creation of this large work of art. The edge of the painting bears name of the artist as well as the stamp of the gallery as shown.
Reference and further reading:
For a relevant work by the artist, See Plate 88 and Page 220-222 in the book "Past and Present Together: Fifty Years of Papunya Tula Artists" by Meyers and Skerritt.
Another similar work is illustrated on plate 13 in "Pintupi" by Hamiltons.
Artist's biography:
Naata Nungurrayi (1932-2021) is an Australian Aboriginal artist who was born at the site of Kumil, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. She is from the Pintupi group from Kintore, Northern Territory and is one of the senior elders of the Kintore women artist movement. Naata is the sister of George Tjungurrayi and Nancy Nungurrayi, and her son is Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Turner by Michael Lloyd, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Turner by Michael Lloyd. Published by National Gallery of Australia, 1996. 1st Ed softcover. Fifty years before impressionism, J.W.M. Turner brought a se...
Category
1990s Australian Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Grey Green Abstract Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Original Frame
Located in Melbourne, AU
A very large framed oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie.
Downie's keen interest in opera has always influenced ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Garlic & Onion still life by Karin Mizuno
Located in DARLINGTON, WA
Garlic & Onion still life by Karin Mizuno
Introducing still life artist, Karin Mizuno to the CC gallery. Bridging the gap between the traditional still life and her Japanese herita...
Category
2010s Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Aboriginal Painting By Jorna Newberry, Australia
Located in NICE, FR
Aboriginal artist Jorna Newberry is recognized for her distinctive style that blends tradition and modernity, while exploring deep themes linked to her culture and land. His often vibrant and lively works can combine traditional Aboriginal motifs with a contemporary aesthetic, creating unique and evocative compositions. Jorna Newberry is valued for her ability to convey cultural narratives and spiritual connections through her art, providing an authentic perspective on Aboriginal history and identity. His contribution to the contemporary Aboriginal art...
Category
20th Century Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Red Abstract Expressionist
Located in Melbourne, AU
A large oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie, a painter whose keen interest in opera has strongly influenced her w...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Ray Austin Crooke, (Australian 1922-2015) Gouache On Paper
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Gouache on paper depicting a tropical landscape with a structure partially hidden behind shrubbery, blue waters in the background with green rolling hills in the distance set against...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Large Aboriginal Painting "Wati Kutjara" by Yannima Tommy Watson
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and striking aboriginal painting by celebrated Australian artist Yannima Tommy Watson (1935s-2017; Pitjantjatjara people from Australia's central western desert). Stretched and ready to display (no frame).
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year of Creation: 2013
Title: Wati Kutjara
An important aboriginal dreamtime story from the Western Australia (the song line is also known as Two Men Dreaming), the narrative is about two young lizard-men travelling all over the Western Desert. They covered a vast landscape from Kimberley in the north to Southern Australia. The two brothers often took the form of wind and left songs in their epic journey to enlighten the people they encountered with rituals and knowledge. As magical ancestral beings, they destroyed evil spirits and created sacred objects across all over the Western Dessert.
Provenance:
Agathon Galleries, Melbourne 2013
Art Yarramunua, Melbourne (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private Collection, Melbourne 2017
About the artist (courtesy of Kate Owen and Japingka Gallery)
Yannima Tommy Watson was a celebrated Pitjantjatara artist, born around 1935 in the desert west of Irrunytju in Western Australia. Tommy was a Law man of Karima skin group, and his traditional names were Yannima and Pikarli relate to specific sites near his birthplace at Anumarapiti, west of Irrunytju.
As a young man Tommy learned the bush skills of hunting and gathering, living off the land. In these years his physical and spiritual knowledge of the land was deeply embedded in his life.
Tommy Watson first met white people at Ernabella Mission in the 1940s. He then spent decades working as a stockman and laborer on cattle stations. Not until 2001 when he was in his mid 60s, did Tommy Watson pick up a paint brush and painted his first picture at Irrunytju art center established by a small group of artists.
Watson's work became quickly recognized for his powerful use of colors and his mesmerizing creation of energetic movement. He exhibited in Alice Springs at Desert Mob and as a finalist at the Telstra NATSIAA Art Awards in Darwin. With his work becoming highly collectable, Tommy soon entered into an exclusive representation agreement with Jon Ioannou of Agathon Gallery. This arrangement marked the start of a second phase of Tommy's career and saw the creation of a large body of outstanding artworks which were to further propel Tommy into the upper echelons of Australian indigenous artists. This painting was created toward the end of that phase.
In 2005, Tommy was commissioned, along with Ningura Napurrula, Lena Nyadbi, Michael Riley, Judy Watson, John Mawurndjul, Paddy Bedford...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hayward Veal Australian Nocturne Cityscape Painting
By Hayward Veal
Located in Essex, MA
An oil on board painting by Australian painter W. Hayward Veal (1913-1968), entitled Nocturne No. 4, depicting a night scene of a park and tree in the foreground with a man walking, ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Pine, Masonite, Wood, Paint
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Wentja Napaltjarri
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Wentja Napaltjarri (c1945 - 2021) entitled Rockhole West of Kintore, the work depicts the artist's ancestral land in Drea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Billy Benn Perrurle Australian Aboriginal Landscape Paintings, Set of 3
By Billy Ben Perrurle
Located in Miami, FL
Billy Benn Perrurle Australian Aboriginal Landscape Paintings, Set of 3
Offered for sale is a set of three Australian aboriginal landscape paintings by artist Billy Benn. Billy Ben...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Australian Aboriginal Painting by Sam Dickensen
By Sam Dickensen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: Witchetty Grub Dreaming
Artists: Australia Aboriginal Artist Sam Dickensen
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Measurement: 53.5" x 48"
Stretched no...
Category
1990s Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Aboriginal Painting
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Aboriginal art, oil and acrylic on canvas. The painting depicts significant snake and gecko figures and characters that might ...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Aboriginal Painting by Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (1927-2009)
Located in NICE, FR
We offer an exquisite Aboriginal artwork created by Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (1927-2009) in 2002, sourced from the Papunya Tula Art Center. Her work can be found in the collections of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rare Large Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kathleen Petyarre
By Kathleen Petyarre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A significant contemporary aboriginal painting by Kathleen Petyarre (1940-2018) in 2010. The painting was a rare oversize piece, exceptionally executed in earthy colors, showcasing m...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Australian Aboriginal Painting by Mabel Juli
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking large painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Mabel Juli (b. 1931) circa 1990s. This large abstract landscape painting on the dreamscape of the Western Australian Desert was boldly executed with several shades of earth pigments. The contrast of their colors, the granule textures of the surface and the abstract composition made it visually arresting.
Provenance: inscribed verso: "Warmun Art Centre, Mabel Juli 409/08 " Paper label affixed from "Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Melbourn, Australia", where the painting was originally purchased prior to 2004.
Mabel Juli started painting in 1980s at the Warmun Art Centre, encouraged by artists Rover Thomas...
Category
1990s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Aboriginal Painting 'Pirlinyanu' by Julie Nangala Robinson (1973-)
Located in NICE, FR
In this extraordinary aboriginal painting, Julie Nangala Robinson depicts 'Pirlinyanu,' her father's country for which she is the custodian, near Mina Mina, a rocky land rich in deep water sources. Through her exploration of the water dream, she develops her unique visual language, continuing the colour contrast research initiated by her mother. Her canvases are minimalist, contemporary, and often painted primarily with three colours (mostly white, black, and red). This artwork comes from an art centre and has a registration number (2113-16). These details are provided on the back of the canvas. It is sold with a certificate of authenticity.
Julie Nangala Robertson, also known as Robinson, was born in 1973 in Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia. She is one of the five daughters of the prominent artist Dorothy Napangardi. Robertson began painting in the late 1990s alongside her mother, Dorothy, which explains the highly refined and sophisticated technique evident in her works, passed down from her mother. With strong family roots and undeniable artistic talent, she is poised to become an iconic figure in contemporary Aboriginal art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Australian Twin Steamer "Bunyip" c. 1860
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on artist board, 19th century. No signature found, but done by a talented hand with a beautiful luminous quality. Label on reverse The Australian Twin Steamer 'Bunyip', 1860. ...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Australian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Australian Aboriginal Painting by Mabel Juli, Warmun Art Centre
By Mabel Juli
Located in Sherborne, GB
A beautiful natural pigment painting on canvas by renowned Aboriginal painter Mabel Juli. This piece is a dreaming story.
Glingennayn is the name of the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming ) rainbow. In the Ngarranggarni the rainbow was a man. As he climbed this hill, Glingennayn heard a dog barking and turned his head around to see where the dog was. He is still there on that hill, looking for the dog.
The texture created by the natural earth pigment is typical of the ancient heritage of this remarkable art movement.
Mabel Juli is one of the most dedicated and iconic of all Warmun artists. Her seniority and status as one of Australia’s most revered painters has emerged from a consistent and growing body of work characterized by bold yet simple compositions that are informed by nuanced and detailed stories passed onto Mabel from her family.
Mabel Juli was born at Five Mile, near Moola Boola Station (south of Warmun), and was taken as a baby to Springvale Station, her mother's country. Mabel's' bush name' is Wiringgoon.
She is a strong Law and Culture woman and an important ceremonial singer and dancer. Juli started painting in the 1980s, at the same time as well-known Warmun artists Queenie McKenzie and Madigan Thomas. The women used to watch Rover Thomas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Aboriginal Diptyque Paintings by Raelene Kerinauia
By Raelene Kerinauia
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely diptyque paintings by Australian Aboriginal artist Raelene Kerinauia (1962- ). Born in 1962 (Tiwi People), Wurrumiyanga, Mantiyupwi Country, Bathurst Island, Northern Terri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Oil Painting on Canvas by George Walsh, Australia
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage signed oil painting on canvas by George Walsh, Australia.
Original authentic landscape depicting three elements - water, sky and...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Signed Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original acrylic painting on canvas artboard titled "Banana/Potato Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932-2002) who is universally considered to be one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists. His paintings are held in galleries and collections in Australia and elsewhere, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, the Kelton Foundation (USA), and the Royal Collection.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was born in Tjuirri, an area northwest of Alice Springs also known as Napperby Station (the original month/day are still unknown). Clifford enjoyed a traditional bush upbringing and was given the name Possum by his paternal grandfather. His career as an artist began in the 1950s when he carved snakes and goannas. By the 1970's he was one of the most accomplished carvers in Central Australia. His first opportunity to paint came when one of Albert Namatjira...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Indigenous Aboriginal Art Large Original Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original acrylic painting on canvas artboard titled "Grass Seed Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal art...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Marine or Ship Painting after Hans Bohrdt 1930s Original Solid Oak Frame
Located in Melbourne, AU
An imposing, muscular impasto oil on board, unsigned, after Hans Bohrdt (1854-1945), in original period solid Oak picture frame.
We love this painting for it’s dramatic scale and...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Oak, Masonite, Paint
Aboriginal Jukurrpa by Andrea and Kathleen Martin Nungarrayi
By Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu, Kathleen Martin Nungarrayi
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful Aboriginal Jukurrpa (dreaming story) by P Andrea and Kathleen
Nungarray Martin P. Both artist are a part of the Warlukurlangu Artists of...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Australian Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Painting Australian Aboriginal Artist Lorna Fencer Napurrula
By Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Sweet Potato Dreaming" painting by Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Lorna is a Senior Warlpiri Custodian and she is among a small group of women who collectively produced the first paintings ...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Nude Bathers at Swan Hill", Painting of Male Nudes by Ernest Smith, Australia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pale and enigmatic, this lovely modern painting of three male nude bathers -- and a fourth in the distance -- on the sandy shore of a mountainous lake was painted by Ernest Smith. Smith is known for his figural paintings in Australia...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Walangkura Napanangka
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal painter Walangkura Napanangka (1940-2014), one of the matching pair painted in 2007 in Alice Spring. Entitled "Kutungka", acrylic on Belgium linen, inscribed on reverse with gallery catalog no.
"Kutungka" depicts the landscape of a country where an old woman named "Kutungka" travelled from Malparingya to Kaltarra in Western Desert during the Dreamtime creation. The highly abstract forms are the dreamtime memory of the land features, such as rock piles and waterholes.
Provenance: Grasstree Gallery, Australia.
It comes with a COA from the gallery as well as progressive photos taken during the creation of this painting by the artist in 2007.
Brief biography From Australian Art Gallery artist...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Wood
Large Painting by Wendy Cohen "Connect the Dots"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a captivating masterpiece to enhance your living space, the "Connect the Dots" Acrylic on Canvas Painting by renowned artist Wendy Cohen. This ...
Category
1990s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Australian Aboriginal Painting "Piari" by Ningie Nangala
Located in Atlanta, GA
An aboriginal contemporary painting by Australian artist Ningie Nangala (born 1938-). The colorful canvas depicts the artist's ancestral country called...
Category
1990s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kudditji Kngwarreye
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entitled "My Country", this bold and abstract landscape painting was by renowned Australian aboriginal artist Kudditji Kngwarreye (1928-2017). Acrylic painting on canvas, it was painted in 2012 and signed and inscribed on verso. The saturated colors and the visible brush strokes and intentionally uneven earth-like textures invokes the view of a landscape, partially real, partially imaginary.
Kudditji Kngwarreye from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. He was the skin brother of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye and like his skin sister Emily, was one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of contemporary indigenous Australian...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
'Beach Camp' Modernist Oil Painting Signed Anne Montgomery, 1984
By Anne Montgomery
Located in Melbourne, AU
Anne Montgomery has been considered for many years one of the women artists Australia forgot. Not any more. Along with the likes of Clarice Beckett and Lina Bryans, her work is now recognised as an important part of Australian modernism.
The breadth and quality of Montgomery's work over a long lifetime has always been appreciated by other artists. As Australian women artists in the mid Century period were relegated to the fringes of the establishment, they freely explored their own vision and developed their own style. Montgomery's work richly deserves the attention it's now receiving.
This work shows Montgomery's unique perception and expression of colour in the Australian landscape. Her use of oil on board gives her work a robust structure but the inclusion of ink sketching in the work gives it a delicate texture. Her foliage and grasses tickle, her fabric floats, trees dance - her landscapes are in constant movement.
This painting depicts a family camping under canvas amongst the Tea...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entitled "Two Kuniya (Pythons) During Tingari Cycle", this mesmerizing painting was painted by Australian aboriginal artist Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Walangkura Napanangka
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal painter Walangkura Napanangka (1940-2014), one of the matching pair painted in 2007 in Alice Spring. Entitled "Kutungka", acrylic on Belgium linen, inscribed on reverse with gallery catalog no.
"Kutungka" depicts the landscape of a country where an old woman named "Kutungka" travelled from Malparingya to Kaltarra in Western Desert during the Dreamtime creation. The highly abstract forms are the dreamtime memory of the land features, such as rock piles and waterholes.
Provenance: Grasstree Gallery, Australia.
It comes with a COA from the gallery as well as progressive photos taken during the creation of this painting by the artist in 2007.
Brief biography From Australian Art Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Linen
Australian Aboriginal Painting Rain Dreaming Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
By Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-). Entitled "Rain Dreaming", the artwork was acrylic on canvas and painted in 1999
Fully documented: originally purchased in 1999 from Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, cat. no. KA 708/99; The in the collection of The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica; It was exhibited in: "G'Day LA" Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 15-25 January 2004. It is housed in a black thin wood frame.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born in Pintupi land at Muyinnga, about 100 kilometres west of the Kintore Range, just across the Western Australian border. He is the son of Uta Uta Tjangala’s older brother, Minpuru Tjangala (c.1899–1976).
Artist's Biography (Courtesy of Art Gallery NSW)
After his initiation into Pintupi law at the site of Yumari, Tjampitjinpa and his younger brother Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa walked into the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu. They later joined their parents and other siblings – who had come in to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) in 1956 from the Dover Hills/Yumari area – at the new settlement of Papunya. Tjampitjinpa worked as a labourer, assisting with the fencing of the aerodromes at Papunya and Ikuntji. He was one of the youngest of the group of men who began painting at the start of the Western Desert art movement in 1971, and was a founder of Paunya Tula Artists.
During the 1970s, Tjampitjinpa was preoccupied with returning to his traditional lands and became a strong advocate for the outstation movement, travelling between meetings in Papunya, Yuendumu, Wirrimanu (Balgo) and Mount Doreen Station. His goal was finally achieved with the establishment of the Walungurru (Kintore) settlement in 1981. Tjampitjinpa moved there with his young family in 1983, establishing an outstation at Ininti (Redbank) and serving as chairman of the Kintore Outstation Council. During this period, he emerged as one of Papunya Tula Artists’ major painters, pioneering the bold, scaled-up, linear style that came to dominate many of the Walungurru painters’ work during the 1990s. His distinctive aesthetic preoccupa-tion is exemplified in the untitled works of 1994 and 2001. Now one of the last founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, Tjampitjinpa’s career spans more than 40 years. He has had six solo exhibitions since 1989 in Australia, most recently at Utopia Art, Sydney.
Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti, holding meetings in Darwin, Warmun (Turkey Creek...
Category
1990s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Australian Aboriginal Painting Tjukurla Country Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
(also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Entitled "Tjukurla Country", this work was acrylic on Be...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Oil on Board by Shay Docking
By Shay Docking
Located in London, GB
Framed oil on board by the New Zealand artist Shay Docking (1928-2000) entitled 'The Burnt Paddock'. Signed and dated Shay Docking 61 lower right and titled 'The Burnt Paddock.' This vibrant abstract painting depicts the beauty of vibrant fields of corn or wheat and evokes the sights and smells...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Contemporary Painting by Australian Aboriginal Artist Ningura Napurrula
By Ningura Napurrula
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula (1938-2013).
Title: "Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga"
Artists: Ningura Napurrula (Australian Aboriginal, c.1938-2013)
Birthplace: Watul...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Caterpillar Dreaming Australian Aboriginal Artist Lorna Fencer
By Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Located in Atlanta, GA
Description: "Caterpillar Dreaming" painting by Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Lorna is a Senior Warlpiri Custodian and she is among a small group of women who collectively produced the fir...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Impressionistic Beach Scene by Leon Holmes
Located in Lantau, HK
Australian born Leon Holmes is an award-winning artist and lecturer. Born and raised in Perth, Western Australia, Holmes gained experience as a printmaker, graphic designer, art dire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Aboriginal Contemporary Painting by Ningura Napurrula
By Ningura Napurrula
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large aboriginal painting by contemporary artist Ningura Napurrula entitled "My country, rock holes".
Canvas is not stretched for easy shipping.
Ningura Napurrula
(Australian Abor...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Aboriginal Painting Bush Medicine Leaves Dreaming Abie Loy
By Abie Loy
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Aboriginal contemporary painting by Abie Loy depicting Medicine leaves in Dreamtime. The alternating burnt orange and white dots contrast each other on the black background, a haze of orange mini-dots further providing a shifting visual effect that is subtle and mysterious. The painting comes with COA and photographs of the artist signing the painting.
Abie Loy Kemarre...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Australian Aboriginal Painting by Evelyn Pultara
By Evelyn Pultara
Located in Atlanta, GA
Australian Aboriginal Painting
"Bush Yam Dreaming" by Evelyn Pultara. Beautiful bright color strokes depicting the traditional aborigin...
Category
20th Century Australian Paintings
Materials
Linen
Andrew Browne Massive Oil on Canvas, Cityscape at Night
By Andrew Browne
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and powerful City Scape from Australia's Andrew Browne. A cityscape at night with high rises above streets illuminated with street lights an...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Australian Aboriginal painting by Minnie Pwerle
By Minnie Pwerle
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking painting by famed Australian aboriginal artist Minnie Pwerle depicting her country "Awelyewe- Atnwengerrp". Intense colors, subtle hues transition and strong composition made this painting very special.
Artist: Minnie Pwerle (Australian Aboriginal, c.1920-2006)
Title: Awelyewe- Atnwengerrp
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Measurement: 37"w x 60"h
Language: Anmatyerre/Alyawarre
Skin name: Pwerle
Language: Anmatyerre/Alyawarre
Skin name: Pwerle
Region: Utopia
Date of Creation: 2004
Brief Biography:
Minnie Pwerle was born on the banks of the Sandover River, 350 kilometres northeast of Alice Springs. Her country is Atnwengerrp and her language is Anmatyerre and Alyawarr. Minnie was one of six children and went on to become the mother of seven children including internationally renowned artist Barbara Weir...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Rare diptych of "Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming" by Kathleen Petyarre
By Kathleen Petyarre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning and rather rare diptych aboriginal painting by Kathleen Petyarre that depicts one of her most iconic subject. Each painting is 44" x 44".
"Mountain Devil Lizard Arnkerrth...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
