Person
Namatjira, Albert (Elea) (1902 - 1959)
- Born
- 28 July 1902
Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia - Died
- 8 August 1959
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Artist
Summary
Albert Namatjira is best known for his water colour landscapes of the Macdonnell Ranges and the surrounding region. He became interested in painting when artists Rex Batterbee and John Gardner displayed their landscape paintings of the Macdonnell and James Ranges at Hermannsburg in 1934.
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Published resources
Books
- French, Alison, Seeing the Centre : the art of Albert Namatjira, 1902-1959 (Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, c.2002), 166 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Kleinert, Sylvia, 'Namatjira, Albert (Elea) (1902-1959), artist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 458-459, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/namatjira-albert-elea-11217. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/namatjira-albert-elea-11217. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q560086. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/32801613. Details
- 'Namatjira, Albert (1902-1959)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-502421. Details
- Sheppard, H. et al., Eucalypts, Australian Government, 2007, http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eucalypts. Details
Christine Moje
Created: 2 May 2014