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Jungarrayi, Jimija, b. 1908
Warlpiri artist Jungarrayi was one of the senior men who initiated the painting movement in Yuendumu in the mid 1980s. His work, including an early ...
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Kngwarreye, Emily Kame, b. 1910
One of the best known desert artists and a senior woman in Utopia (NT), Kngwarreye's work is distinctive for its expressive abstract style. The recipient ...
Mick, Wallankarri Tjakamarra, b. 1910
One of the founders and most important artists painting for Papunya Tula over its first two decades because of his ritual authority and encyclopedic knowledge ...
Tjampitjinpa, Walter, b. 1910
An elder statesman of the Pintupi community in Papunya and an influential figure at the very beginning of the painting movement.
Nangala, Topsy, b. 1914
Warlpiri artist who lived at Lajamanu (NT). Her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.
Thorpe, Alice, b. 1914
Weaver, was born in the Lake Boga district of Victoria in 1914.
McKenzie, Queenie, b. 1915
Queenie McKenzie's career as an artist began in her later years as she painted stories from her life and country, including records of massacres of ...
Patterson, Seargent Jupurrurla, b. 1916
A Warlpiri artist. His Dreamings included Wampana, Karlajirdi, Yawakiyi and Lukarrara. He started painting in 1986.
Hart, Connie, b. 1917
Highly regarded Gunditjmara basket weaver and community elder who began weaving in her 60s and facilitated the regeneration of localised Victorian Indigenous weaving practices. Self-taught ...
Sims, Paddy Japaljarri, b. 1917
Warlpiri speaker and one of Warlukurlangu's founding artists. He was involved in the Yuendumu school doors project in 1983 and participated in the company's first ...
Jangala, Abie, b. 1919
Warlpiri artist and important ceremonial leader, Jangala was also known as the 'grand old man' of Lajamanu painting. He had his first solo exhibition at ...
Nelson, Paddy Jupurrurla, b. 1919
A senior ceremonial and religious leader in the Yuendumu community, Paddy Nelson had been at the forefront of the Warlukurlangu art movement since its inception ...
Spencer, Larry Jungarrayi, b. 1919
One of the original painters of the Yuendumu school doors in 1983; a project which ignited the painting enterprise within the local community. His work ...
Gallagher, Charles Jampijinpa, b. 1920
Warlpiri speaker who paints Emu, Butterfly and Women's Dreamings for his country around Nyirrpi.
Gallagher, Jack Jampijinpa, b. 1920
Warlpiri artist who lived at Walilinypa, an outstation north of Yuendumu. He paints Fire Dreaming, often in collaboration with his wife Carol Gallagher.
Gill, Mick Tjakamarra, b. 1920
Senior Kukatja artist of Warlayirti Artists at Balgo (WA). His principal subject matter, Water Dreaming, was often depicted in tight swirling lines.
Inkamala, Ray Tjampitjinpa, b. 1920
Pintupi/Luritja artist from Illpili who worked as a stockman before joining Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980s. Close friend and associate of Dick Pantimas. ...
Lynch, Johnny Tjapanangka, b. 1920
A leading stockman at Narwietooma station, he was one of the last men to join the group of painting men at nearby Papunya (NT) in ...
Mosquito, John Tjapangati, b. 1920
Kukatja/Walmatjari artist who was the senior "Rainmaker" in Balgo (WA) where he lived. His works depicted Tingari and Water Dreaming stories and reflected his deep ...
Napaltjarri, Milliga, b. 1920
A Kukatja artist who began painting for Warlayirti Artists in 1989.