Maurice Namatjira
Maurice Namatjira
Born: 1939
Deceased: 1979
Language Group: Western Arrernte (Aranda)
Country: Ntaria (Hermannsburg), West of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Subjects: Landscape - Hermannsburg School, Heavitree Gap
Maurice was born at Hermannsburg the son of Albert and Rubina Namatjira. His daughter, Elaine Namatjira Inkamala, continues the family tradition of landscape painting.
Collections
Private Collections in Australia
Hermannsburg Art Gallery, NT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Exhibitions
1989
A Myriad of Dreaming: Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1995
Namatjira Ilakakeye, kinship, creativity and the continuing traditions of the Hermannsburg artists, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
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