Albert Namatjira House. The former northern territory public trustee who sold the copyright to indigenous artist albert namatjira's life's work for just $8,500 in 1983 says the sale was a mistake. Environmentalists who have changed the face of australia published by lothian/hachette livre.the book this year won a national trust of australia (nsw) cultural heritage award).
Albert namatjira was the first indigenous entrepreneur who could cross over. Albert namatjira was soon living in poverty and lived at morris soak in the outskirts of alice springs. Throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s, albert was probably the only aboriginal artist’s name that most white australians would have been familiar with.
After Learning Watercolour Technique, He Was Persuaded To Exhibit His Work In Melbourne In 1938.
Albert namatjira died on august 8, 1959 at the age of 57 years. Albert namatjira 'central mount wedge', 1945. During the 1940s his work became fashionable throughout australia and he was the subject of a biography and a film.
Namatjira Grew Up In Hermannsburg At The Lutheran Mission And The Surrounding Macdonnell Ranges Were Often The Main Subjects Of His Paintings.
Albert namatjira's house was constructed by the great artist himself with the help of other local men in 1944, after the success of an exhibition in melbourne. Built of local materials, the house reflected the style, materials and techniques used at hermannsburg mission over many years. Albert namatjira continued to be in touch with his roots despite his fame.
Albert Namatjira's House Was Constructed By The Great Artist Himself With The Help Of Other Local Men In 1944, After The Success Of An Exhibition In Melbourne.
Albert namatjira and his wife, rubina, 1946. For a time, he was held up as an example of the success of the assimilation policy. Elea (who was given the name albert) and his father (who took the name jonathan.
Ghost Gum, Glen Helen, C1950 In Albert (Elea) Namatjira’s Paintings, Ghost Gums Can Be Seen To Represent Ancestors Lived And Dreamed.
The first successful indigenous artist and the first indigenous man to be made an australian citizen. Albert namatjira flew to darwin and then sydney and on to canberra where on february 15 he was presented at government house to her majesty queen elizabeth ii and the duke of edinburgh. The house is a simple rectangular whitewashed building with green trim built by albert from local materials.
In 1957 The Government Exempted Namatjira And His Wife From The Restrictive Legislation That Applied To Australian Aborigines In The Northern Territory.
The case indicated a flaw in the federal government’s attempt to offer citizenship to aboriginal australians. Racial discrimination prevented him from owning grazing land and property. He is one of several artists that together comprised the hermannsburg watercolour school and some of the art from this period can still be seen today.
