Albert Namatjira is a famous Australian Aboriginal painter. He is a Western Arrernte artist best known for his watercolor landscape paintings of the Australian outback. Famous Albert Namatjira works include “Central Australian Landscape”, “Standley Chasm”, “Hermannsburg Mission with Mt Hermannsburg in Background”, “Haasts Bluff”, “Macdonnell Ranges”, and “Ghost Gums, James Range”.
Mini biography: Born Elea Namatjira on the 28th of July, 1905 in Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission, Northern Territory, Australia. His mother was Emilie Ljukuta and his father Jonathan Namatjira. He was married to Rubina and they had five sons and three daughters together. The artist died on the 8th of August, 1959 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia at the age of 57.
List of Albert Namatjira Art Quotes
I think I should have full rights. I am fifty years old now and there are many things I would like to do and can’t without citizenship rights. Albert Namatjira
When we paint we honouring our grandfather and the future of our movement. Albert Namatjira
Albert Namatjira Portrait
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