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Albert Namatjira

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Profession
Painter
Died
Aug 8, 1959
Zodiac
Leo
Born in
Australia
About
Aboriginal artist who pioneered contemporary Indigenous Australian art. He was well-known for his watercolors, which depicted the landscape of the Australian Outback.
Family
His name was changed from Elea to Alber after his parents converted to Christianity. He was raised on a mission in Hermannsburg. He broke the law of his people by marrying his lover Rubina, who was a member of the "wrong skin group," defying the sensitivity of racial issues in the area. He was of Western Arrernte descent.

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