Walter Tjampitjinpa b. c.1910

Also known as Old Walter
  • Artist (Painter)
An elder statesman of the Pintupi community in Papunya and an influential figure at the very beginning of the painting movement.
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Citations

  • Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .

    http://www.iadpress.com

  • Bardon, Geoffrey (1979), 'Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert’, Adelaide, SA : Rigby.

  • Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7.

    http://www.iadpress.com

  • Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James (2004), 'Papunya: A Place Made After the Story; The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement’, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC ISBN-10 : 0-522-85110-X / ISBN-13: 978-0522851106.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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Residences
  • - Papunya, NT
  • Papunya, NT
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  • Papunya Tula Artists
  • Papunya Tula Artists
Alternative names
  • Old Walter
  • Old Walter
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