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Abadjura, , b. 1904
Bark paintings and carvings by Abadjura were collected by the Art Gallery of Western Australia in the 1960s.
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 ...
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 ...
Ross, Darby Jampijinpa, b. 1910
Darby Ross was a senior and highly respected figure in Warlpiri ceremonial life and one of the grand old men of Yuendumu painting. He was ...
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.
Tjapangati, Tutuma, b. 1915
One of the first Pintupi to own his own camels and one of the original Papunya Tula Artists, Tutuma was always eager to depict his ...
Tjupurrula, Nosepeg, b. 1915
Nosepeg began painting at the beginning of the art movement in Papunya. A consummate politician and a senior elder in his community he was a ...
Patterson, Seargent Jupurrurla, b. 1916
A Warlpiri artist. His Dreamings included Wampana, Karlajirdi, Yawakiyi and Lukarrara. He started painting in 1986.
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 ...
Ediminja, Eddie Tjapangati, b. 1920
Pitjantjatjara artist who worked as a stockman for many years before beginning to paint in the mid 1970s with Papunya Tula Artists. Well connected with ...
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. ...
Jugadai, Timmy Tjungarrayi, b. 1920
Important community leader in Haasts Bluff (NT). He often painted with Limpi Tjapangati, one of the pioneers of the Papunya Tula movement.
Kelly, Alice Napaljarri, b. 1920
Warlpiri artist, leader of women's ceremony, and skilled dancer in Lajamanu (NT).