Violet Petyarre b. 1925

  • Artist (Painter)
Eastern Anmatyerre artist associated with the Atneltyeye community. She began painting with other Utopia artists in the summer of 1988/89.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Violet Petyarre
Birth date
c.1925
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 1988-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Atnangkere Soakage
Dreaming
  • Emu
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

An Eastern Anmatyerre speaker, Violet Petyarre was born c.1925. Her country is Atnangkere Soakage, and she is associated with the Atneltyeye community. She has an Emu Dreaming in this area which she paints. Like most of the Utopia artists, she began to work with paint and canvas in the summer of 1988-9. Her sisters, Nancy Petyarre and Myrtle Petyarre, also paint occasionally.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
sibling of
Myrtle Petyarre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
Nancy Petyarre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ada Petyarre Bird
1930