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Namatjira the painter / directed by Lee Robinson.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online, volume 3.
- Ethnographic video online, volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959.
- Painting, Aboriginal Australian.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (18 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Acton, Australian Capital Territory : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1974.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should be aware that this content may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.
- Australian contemporary art has no more interesting tale to tell than that of Aboriginal watercolour artist, Albert Namatjira. Namatjira was thirty years old before his hand first held a paintbrush. In about 1934 Rex Battarbee, a well-known Australian artist, visited Hermannsberg mission near Alice Springs. He took with him into the field as cook and general assistant the Arunta tribesman, Namatjira. This film tells the story of Namatjira's preoccupation with Battarbee's work, how he was determined to learn to paint and how Battarbee, realising the talent of his friend and assistant, taught him the elements of his craft. Today Namatjira's watercolours sell for high prices. Despite controversy, the power of Namatjira's rendering of his beloved ancestral land is not denied. Throughout his life and despite his success, he remained in the bush with his people and his paints. In this film, we see Albert Namatjira at work in the glowing country that he knows so well.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 5, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 3). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 897481149
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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