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)