Charles Jampijinpa Gallagher b. 1920 Nyirrpi, Northern Territory

  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri speaker who paints Emu, Butterfly and Women's Dreamings for his country around Nyirrpi.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Charles Jampijinpa Gallagher
Birth date
c.1920
Birth place
Nyirrpi, Northern Territory
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Nyirrpi, Northern Territory
Active Period
  • 1989
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Nyirrpi
Dreaming
  • Women
  • Butterfly
  • Emu
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

Born at Nyirrpi in the 1920s, Charles Gallagher is a Warlpiri speaker who paints Emu, Butterfly and Women’s Dreamings for his country around Nyirrpi. He lives in Nyirrpi and is married to Pauline Gallagher. Painting since the late ’80s. He did two of the paintings on the Nyirrpi school walls in 1989.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Pauline Napanagardi Gallagher
1950
Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Pauline Napanagardi Gallagher
1950
Artist (Painter)
Nyirrpi school walls
Date
1989