essay

The heritage of Namatjira and the Hermannsburg painters

heritage of namatjira : the watercolourists of central australia • Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Published In 1992 • Pages: 1-21 , [3] of plates

By: Megaw, J. V. S. (John Vincent Stanley), Megaw, Madeline Ruth.

Abstract

In the 1930s Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) adapted the use of watercolors to native Aranda painting by using the techniques he had learned from the Victorian watercolor painter Rex Battarbee. Namatjira's success led to the development of a 'school' of watercolor artists among the Aranda. This school, generally referred to as the Hermannsburg movement, is centered in the western Aranda township of NTARIA (or NTHAREYE), the aboriginal name for the site of the former Lutheran Mission at Hermannsburg. This article charts the evolution of the movement and assesses its place in the world of White institutions. Much of the work deals with biographical information on Albert Namatjira and his rise to fame, but there is also some data on other Native artists and their styles of painting.

HRAF PubDate

1996

Region

Oceania

Sub Region

Australia

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Types

Antiquarian

Historian

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1994

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

ca. 1930-1960

Coverage Place

Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia

Notes

J. V. S. Megaw and M. Ruth Megaw

Bibliographical references are in document number 47

Not all of the plates mentioned in the text have been included

LCSH

Aranda (Australian people)