Albert Namatjira
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Albert Namatjira was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australi
Namatjira, c. 1950
Albert Namatjira painting in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), c.1957
Namatjira signing autographs, c. 1950
Central Australian Landscape
Rex Battarbee
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Reginald Ernest Battarbee, was an Australian artist notable for painting landscapes of Central Australia, and for teaching Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira to paint.
Albert Namatjira
…126 km west-southwest from Alice Springs. He showed interest in art from an early age but it was not until 1934 (aged 32) and under the guidance of Rex Battarbee that he began to paint seriously. Namatjira's richly detailed, Western art-influenced watercolours of the outback departed significantly from the…
Portrait of Rex Battarbee (right) with Albert Namatjira (l.) and Axel Poignant (c.), 1946.
The Battarbee's home in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) during a royal visit in 1963