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c.1925 Kurtkurta - 2000. Known for: Aboriginal painting.
For an artist whose career spanned only five or so years, Wimmitji Tjapangarti remains enormously influential in the ongoing story of Balgo art. He produced a relatively small number of acrylic... Read full biography
For an artist whose career spanned only five or so years, Wimmitji Tjapangarti remains enormously influential in the ongoing story of Balgo art. He produced a relatively small number of acrylic paintings throughout his career. Wimmitji walked to Balgo Mission in the late 1950s; the last of his... Read full biography
For an artist whose career spanned only five or so years, Wimmitji Tjapangarti remains enormously influential in the ongoing story of Balgo art. He produced a relatively small number of acrylic paintings throughout his career. Wimmitji walked to Balgo Mission in the late 1950s; the last of his family to leave the desert. In 1957 he was at Natawalu (Well 40) on the Canning Stock Route when his family group famously encountered a helicopter for the first time. The evacuation of a sick Helicopter... Read full biography
For an artist whose career spanned only five or so years, Wimmitji Tjapangarti remains enormously influential in the ongoing story of Balgo art. He produced a relatively small number of acrylic paintings throughout his career. Wimmitji walked to Balgo Mission in the late 1950s; the last of his family to leave the desert. In 1957 he was at Natawalu (Well 40) on the Canning Stock Route when his family group famously encountered a helicopter for the first time. The evacuation of a sick Helicopter Tjungurrayi to Balgo by a survey team (with a helicopter) is now part of desert lore, as is the travel of his family members north to find him. Wimmitji followed behind this group later with his first wife, Wongwiya. He was an important figure in... Read full biography
For an artist whose career spanned only five or so years, Wimmitji Tjapangarti remains enormously influential in the ongoing story of Balgo art. He produced a relatively small number of acrylic paintings throughout his career. Wimmitji walked to Balgo Mission in the late 1950s; the last of his family to leave the desert. In 1957 he was at Natawalu (Well 40) on the Canning Stock Route when his family group famously encountered a helicopter for the first time. The evacuation of a sick Helicopter Tjungurrayi to Balgo by a survey team (with a helicopter) is now part of desert lore, as is the travel of his family members north to find him. Wimmitji followed behind this group later with his first wife, Wongwiya. He was an important figure in Balgo, and became influential in shaping outsiders' understanding of Aboriginal language and culture.... Read full biography