Bella Kelly b. 14 January 1915

Also known as Isobel Kelly, Isobel Colbung
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Noongar Aboriginal landscape artist from Mount Barker who is strongly associated with the Carrolup school of artists. Well remembered and respected in the southwest, Great Southern and South Coast regions of Western Australia.
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parent of
Goldie Kelly
Artist (Painter)
artist
parent of
Geoffrey Narkle
1951
Artist (Painter)
artist
parent of
Caroline Narkle
1965
Artist (Painter)
artist
parent of
Greg Kelly
1940
Artist (Painter)
parent of
Simpson Kelly
1936
Artist (Painter)
relative of
Charlie Colbung
1970
Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
grandnephew
relative of
Charlie Colbung
1915
Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
Kelly, Bella: Great-aunt / Colbung, Charlie: grandnephew
associate of
Athol Farmer
1915
Artist (Painter)
artist
parent of
Simpson Kelly
1915
Artist (Painter)
parent of
Greg Kelly
1915
Artist (Painter)
parent of
Goldie Kelly
1915
Artist (Painter)
grandparent of
Priscilla Kelly
1915
Artist (Painter)
grandparent of
Grace Kelly
1915
Artist (Painter)
artist
grandparent of
Lynette Kelly
1915
Artist (Painter)
artist
parent of
Geoffrey Narkle
1915
Artist (Painter)
parent of
Caroline Narkle
1915
Artist (Painter)

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Related stub people
  • Narkle, Largie (spouse of)
  • Kelly, Henry (spouse of)
  • Brockman, Mina Bayla (child of)
  • Narkle, Jerry (grandparent of)
  • Kelly, Lorrice (parent of)
  • Narkle, Cheryl (parent of)
  • Colbung, Billy (child of)
Related stub person groups
  • Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation, Waterford, WA (associate of)
Related people
  • Kelly, Goldie (parent of)
  • Narkle, Geoffrey (parent of)
  • Narkle, Caroline (parent of)
  • Kelly, Greg (parent of)
  • Kelly, Simpson (parent of)
  • Colbung, Charlie (relative of)
Related works
  • Stirling Ranges (creator of)
  • Landscape (creator of)
  • Dawn Landscape (creator of)
  • Untitled (Southwest landscape) (creator of)
  • Bush Landscape (creator of)
Related collections
  • Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 1988 NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year (received)
Related events
  • Koorah Coolingah (Children Long Ago) (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1c8a3b538b73d930264ce')) (exhibited at)