Artist's Footsteps

Hon. Philip Ruddock MP
Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
National Office
PO Box 17
Woden ACT 2606

The Artists

Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira
Image from
The Heritage of Namatjira catalogue
Reproduction from Megaw, M. Ruth (catalogue editor) The Heritage of Namatjira
Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 1991

Albert Namatjira Introduction

Albert Namatjira Biography

Albert Namatjira Bibliography

Albert Namatjira Glossary

Albert Namatjira Collection Launch

Albert Namatjira Map of painting areas

Albert Namatjira Seeing the Centre
The art of Albert Namatjira 1902-1959
A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition

Galleries housing Albert Namatjira works

The Albert Namatjira Collection
The following paintings can be viewed as part of this Albert Namatjira collection:

William Dargie - Portrait of Albert Namatjira c. 1956

Albert Namatjira paintings in the Ngurratjuta Pmara Corporation Collection

Albert Namatjira - Mt Gillen
Albert Namatjira - Heavitree Gap
Albert Namatjira - Flowering Shrubs
Albert Namatjira - Mt Hermannsburg
Albert Namatjira - Haasts Bluff Area to the West
Albert Namatjira - Alumba at Glen Helen
Albert Namatjira - Simpsons Gap
Albert Namatjira - Mt Sonder (from West)
Albert Namatjira - Glen Helen Country
Albert Namatjira - Near Glen Helen
Albert Namatjira - Kwaritnama (Organ pipes)

Albert Namatjira Solo and Group Exhibitions
Catalogues

1937 Catalogue 'Central Australia Water Colors by REX BATTARBEE'
1937 Rex Battarbee Exhibition -
Royal South Australia Society of Arts Gallery

1938 Catalogue 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA Central Australia Water Colours'
1938 Albert Namatjira - First Solo Exhibition
The Fine Art Society Gallery Melbourne

1939 Albert Namatjira - Second Solo Exhibition

1944 Catalogue ''Exhibition of WATER COLOURS Painted in Central Australia By ALBERT NAMATJIRA'
1944 Albert Namatjira - Third Solo Exhibition
Myer Mural Hall Melbourne

1945 Catalogue 'Exhibition of Water Colours Painted in Central Australia by Albert Namatjira'
in Fine Art Exhibition Gallery Anthony Horderns Sydney
March 1945

1946 Catalogue 'WATER COLOURS of Central Australia by Albert Namatjira, Arunta Artist'
Royal S.A. Society of Arts Gallery Adelaide

1947 Catalogue 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA: WATERCOLOURS of CENTRAL AUSTRALIA'
1947 Albert Namatjira Solo Exhibition
Commercial Bank Chambers Brisbane

1948 Catalogue of 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA, ARUNTA TRIBESMAN : CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN WATER COLOURS'
1948 Albert Namatjira Solo Exhibition
Athenaeum Art Gallery Melbourne

1950 'catalogue of selected works from the brush of NAMATJIRA'
1950 Albert Namatjira Solo Exhibition
Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd. Fine Art Gallery Sydney

1951 Catalogue of 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA, OTTO PAREROULTJA, EDWIN PAREROULTJA AND ABORIGINE ARTISTS'
1951 - July Group Exhibition
Tye's Art Gallery Melbourne

1952 'CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION BY THE ARANDA GROUP'
1952 Exhibition
Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery Sydney

1952 'Water Colours by the Aranda Group of Aboriginal Artists'-'Under the auspices of the Aranda Arts Council'
Athenaeum Art Gallery Melbourne

1952 Catalogue 'EXHIBITION of CENTRAL AUSTRALIA Water-colours by ALBERT NAMATJIRA, EDWIN PAREROULTJA, OTTO PAREROULTJA, Under the auspices of the Aranda Arts Council'
1952 - November Group Exhibition
Royal S.A. Society of Arts Gallery Adelaide

1954 Catalogue 'AN EXHIBITION OF ABORIGINAL ART '
1954 Group Exhibition
Anthony Hordern Fine Art Galleries Sydney

1955 Group Exhibition
12 Aranda Artists Sydney

1958 'Catalogue of Originals by ALBERT NAMATJIRA'
Claude Hotchin Gallery at Boans of Perth

August 1958, Catalogue 'RECENT PAINTINGS BY ALBERT NAMATJIRA and LEONARD LONG, PAINTED IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA FOR ARTLOVERS' GALLERY'
A joint exhibition with Leonard Long in Sydney.

1958 'EXHIBITION OF WATERCOLOURS by ALBERT NAMATJIRA AND OTHER ARUNTA ARTISTS' Moreton Galleries
Brisbane

1958 'WATERCOLOURS EXHIBITION by ALBERT NAMATJIRA: CHIEFTAIN OF THE ARANDA TRIBESMEN'
Artlovers' Gallery
Sydney

1959 Catalogue ''SALE OF ALBERT NAMATJIRA PICTURES'
1959 Exhibition
Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd.
Fine Art Gallery Sydney

1963 'Catalogue of CENTRALIAN ART'
Battarbee TMARA-MARA GALLERIES'
Alice Springs

1970 'Catalogue of CENTRALIAN ART'
Battarbee Tmara-Mara Galleries
Alice Springs

1991 Catalogue of 'The Heritage of Namatjira at Flinders'
1991 Exhibition
Flinders University Art Museum Bedford Park SA

Books

'WHO'S WHO IN AUSTRALIA' X11th EDITION, 1944

Booklet of 'ALBERT NAMATJIRA: NATIVE ARTIST' by Pastor F.W. Albrecht

The Art of ALBERT NAMATJIRA by C. P. Mountford

THE FEATHERED SERPENT by ROLAND ROBINSON

Photographs, Letters and Memorabilia

1944 Letter from Albert Namatjira to Rex Battarbee
1946 Letter from Albert Namatjira to Rex Battarbee

1939 Photograph of Rex Battarbee at Painting Camp
Photograph of Albert Namatjira, Rubina and Family
Photograph of Albert Namatjira
Photograph of Albert Namatjira's sons
1946 Photograph of Albert Namatjira with the Duke and Duchess
Photograph of the Pareroultja brother artists at Hermannsburg

The Sun Herald 'Recent Paintings by Namatjira to show with local Artist's work', August 17, 1958, p. 19.

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Left: Arthur Streeton - Above Us The Great Grave Sky, 1890
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.