Dick Tjupurrula Pantimas b. 1935 Northern Territory, NT

Also known as:
  • Dick Pantimas
  • Pantimatu Tjupurrula
  • Artist (Painter)
Dick Pantimas was one of the second generation of painters which began to emerge in Papunya in the early '80s and before beginning to paint had been a close observer of the older artists for many years, including his big brother Johnny Warangkula.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Dick Tjupurrula Pantimas
Also known as:
  • Dick Pantimas
  • Pantimatu Tjupurrula
Birth date
c.1935
Birth place
Northern Territory, NT
Death date
1983
Death place
Alice Springs, NT
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1935- c.1983 Northern Territory, NT
Active Period
  • c.1977- c.1983
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Yippa, NT
Dreaming
  • Water (Kalipinypa)
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

Dick Pantimas’ country was Yippa, north of Sandy Blight Junction, near NT/WA border. Like his older brother Johnny Warangkula , his Kalipinypa (Water) Dreaming was often the subject of his paintings when he began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the late ’70s. Dick was a close observer of the older artists for many years before beginning to paint himself. He was a close friend of Ray Inkamala . Until his unfortunate death in 1983, the artist was one of the most promising of the second generation of painters which began to emerge in Papunya in the early ’80s. He was survived by his wife Wendy and their several children. In 1990 the central Water Dreaming iconograph from one of his paintings was used as the design for a mosaic in the new Alice Springs Airport.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Ray Tjampitjinpa Inkamala
1920
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Johnny Tjupurrula Warangkula
1920
Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Wendy Pantimas
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Papunya Tula Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
In 1990 the central Water Dreaming iconograph from one of his paintings was used as the design for a mosaic in the new Alice Springs Airport.
Collections
Recognitions
In 1990 the central Water Dreaming iconograph from one of his paintings was used as the design for a mosaic in the new Alice Springs Airport.
Award
In 1990 the central Water Dreaming iconograph from one of his paintings was used as the design for a mosaic in the new Alice Springs Airport.
Citations:
  • Johnson, V., (2008), Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, (Place: IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url: http://www/iadpress.com) http://www.iadpress.com