Peter Japanangka Blacksmith b. c.1915

Also known as Kumunjayi
  • Artist (Painter)
A Katurrngarruru artist, Blacksmith was a well-known painter in Lajamanu, to which his own land lay in close proximity. His work features in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria and on the cover of its Mythscapes catalogue of 1989.

Citations

  • Ryan, Judith (1989), 'Mythscapes : Aboriginal art of the desert from the National Gallery of Victoria’, The Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Rockman, Peggy Napurrurla.

  • Information sourced from Cataldi, Lee.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary