Is Aboriginal Art the Oldest in the World
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Rock Art > Is Aboriginal Art the Oldest in the World?Is Aboriginal Art the Oldest in the World? No. The oldest securely dated surviving painting currently known is a negative hand stencil from Liang Metanduno Cave in Sulawesi,...
Forgotten Papunya Board Artists
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > Forgotten papunya board Artists Forgotten Papunya Board Artists The story of the Papunya art movement is usually told through artists such as Kaapa Mbitjana...
What Is the Oldest Aboriginal Painting?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Rock Art > Kimberley Rock Art > What Is the Oldest Aboriginal Painting? What Is the Oldest Aboriginal Painting? The oldest known Aboriginal painting to have been scientifically dated is a kangaroo painted on the ceiling of a rock...
Keith Namatjira
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Hermannsburg Art > Keith Namatjira Keith Namatjira (1938–1977) Hermannsburg artist DRAFT Keith Namatjira (1938–1977) was one of the leading second-generation artists of the Hermannsburg School and the fourth son...
Ewald Namatjira
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Hermannsburg Art > Ewald Namatjira Ewald Namatjira Central desert Water colours DRAFT Ewald Namatjira was one of the leading second-generation artists of the Hermannsburg School and among the most accomplished of...
Edwin Pareroultja Aboriginal watercolours
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Hermannsburg Art > Edwin PareroultjaEdwin Pareroultja Central desert Water colours DRAFT Edwin Pareroultja (1918–1986) was one of the finest second-generation artists of the Hermannsburg School and among the most...
Benjamin Landara
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Hermannsburg Art > Benjamin LandaraBenjamin Landara: Hermannsburg Artist DRAFT Benjamin Landara (1921–1985) was one of the leading second-generation artists of the Hermannsburg School. An Arrernte man from Ntaria...
Henoch Raberaba
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Hermannsburg Art > Henoch RaberabaHenoch Raberaba: Hermannsburg Artist DRAFT Henoch Raberaba is one of the most important second-generation artists of the Hermannsburg School. A Western Arrernte (Aranda) man from...
David Milaybuma
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Oenpelli Art > David Milaybuma David Milaybuma David Milaybuma (c.1938–1993) was one of the leading Kuninjku bark painters of Oenpelli western Arnhem Land and a respected custodian of cultural knowledge. While his...
Jackie Madagarlgarl
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Oenpelli Art > Jackie Madagarlgarl Jackie Madagarlgarl Jackie Madagarlgarl (c. 1930–2000), also recorded as Jacky Madagarlgarl, was an Aboriginal bark painter from Gunbalanya (Oenpelli Art) in western Arnhem Land....
George Tjangala
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > George Tjangala George Tjangala George Tjangala (c.1940–1997), was a Luritja and Anmatyerre artist associated with the first generation of the Papunya Art movement. Living at...
Old Tutuma Tjapangati
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Old Tutuma Tjapangati Old Tutuma Tjapangati Old Tutuma Tjapangati (also recorded as Old Tutama Tjapangati) was one of the founding artists of the Papunya painting movement and a...
Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri (c.1935–1987), also known as Tommy Tichiwan Tjapaltjarri, Tommy Tjiyuwan Tjapaltjarri, and Tommy Larry...
Kingsley Tjungurrayi
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Kingsley Tjungurrayi Kingsley Tjungurrayi Kingsley Tjungurrayi was a Pintupi artist and one of the original group of Aboriginal men who began painting at Papunya in 1971, helping...
Don ellis tjapanangka
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Don Ellis Tjapanangka Don Ellis Tjapanangka Don Ellis Tjapanangka (c. 1925–1976) was one of the pioneering Aboriginal artists who helped establish Papunya Art during its formative...
Nosepeg Tjupurrula
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Nosepeg Tjupurrula Nosepeg Tjupurrula Nosepeg Tjupurrula (c.1915–1990) was one of the founding artists of the Papunya painting movement, but he was never primarily a painter. He...
Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa is one of the most respected senior Warlpiri artists of the Papunya movement. Renowned for his powerful...
Aboriginal Astronomy Orion and the Pleiades
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Astrology Aboriginal Astronomy: Orion and the Pleiades Aboriginal astronomy is one of the world's oldest continuous systems of celestial knowledge. Long before telescopes or written star charts, Aboriginal Australians observed the...
Charlie Ward Tjakamarra
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Charlie Ward Tjakamarra Charlie Ward Tjakamarra Charlie Ward Tjakamarra (c. 1940–2005) was a Pintupi artist whose paintings form part of the internationally recognised Papunya...
Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri is a senior Warlpiri/Luritja artist whose paintings helped establish the early years of Papunya...
What is a Songline
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Dream Time Story > What ia a songline? What is a Songline? A Songline is an Aboriginal oral map of Country that records the journeys of ancestral beings during the Dreaming. Preserved through songs, stories, ceremonies and art,...
Why Do Aboriginal Artists Use Dots?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Aboriginal Dot Art > Why Do Aboriginal Artists Use Dots Why Do Aboriginal Artists Use Dots? Aboriginal artists use dots for far more than decoration. Depending on the artist, community, and...
Can Anyone Paint Aboriginal Dot Art?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Aboriginal Dot Art > Can anyone paint Aboriginal Dot Art? Can Anyone Paint Aboriginal Dot Art? The short answer is yes. Anyone can paint using dots. Dotting is simply an artistic technique used...
What Do Papunya Boards Depict?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > What Do Papunya Boards Depict? What Do Papunya Boards Depict? Papunya Boards depict Dreaming stories, ancestral journeys and Country. Rather than painting...
Where Are the Most Important Papunya Boards Today?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > Where Are the Most Important Papunya Boards Today? Where Are the Most Important Papunya Boards Today? Many of the world's most important Papunya Boards are...
Who Painted the First Papunya Boards
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > Who Painted the First Papunya Boards Who Painted the First Papunya Boards DRAFT The first Papunya Boards were painted by a remarkable group of senior...
How Much Are Papunya Boards Worth?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > How much are papunya Boards worth How Much Are Papunya Boards Worth? Original Papunya Boards are among the most desirable works of Aboriginal art because they...
How Do You Identify a Papunya Board?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > How Do You Identify a Papunya Board? How Do You Identify a Papunya Board? A genuine Papunya Board is identified by a combination of place, period, material,...
Why Are Papunya Boards Historically Important?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > Why are Papunya Boards Historically important Why Are Papunya Boards Historically Important? Papunya Boards are historically important because they represent...
Why Were Papunya Boards Painted on Board?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > Why Were Papunya Boards Painted on Board? Why Were Papunya Boards Painted on Board? Papunya Boards were painted on composition board, Chipboard, Masonite and...
When Were Papunya Boards Painted?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > When were Papunya Boards painted When Were Papunya Boards Painted? Papunya Boards were painted primarily between 1971 and 1972, although a number continued to...
What are Papunya Boards?
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > Papunya Boards > What are Papunya Boards? What are Papunya Boards? A Papunya Board is an early Aboriginal painting created at the remote Northern Territory settlement of...
Free Aboriginal Art Styles PowerPoint, Worksheets & Teacher Notes
Free Aboriginal Art Styles PowerPoint, Worksheets and Teacher Notes Free downloads at end of page Looking for a free Aboriginal Art Styles PowerPoint, worksheets and teacher notes for NAIDOC Week or classroom studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures?...
Stuart Art Centre
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Papunya Art > The Stuart Art Centre The Stuart Art Centre: A Key Player in the Birth of the Western Desert Art Movement The Stuart Art Centre, located at Box 870, Alice Springs, NT 5750, may...
David Malangi
David Malangi Aboriginal Art Indigenous Australian Artist David Malangi is best known for an artwork published on the Australian One Dollar bill. He was a prolific artist who painted for over 30 years. His most collectible paintings depict a Mortuary Feast of the...
Jimmy Wululu
Jimmy Wululu (c.1936–2005): Master of Gupapuyngu Geometric Abstraction Jimmy Wululu is recognised as one of the most distinctive painters of Central Arnhem Land, celebrated for his commanding use of herringbone and diamond (miny’tji) designs. These sacred geometric...
Tommy McRae
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art History > Tommy McRaeTommy McRae : Pioneer Aboriginal Artist Tommy McRae stands among the earliest recorded Aboriginal artists in Australia, producing a remarkable body of pen-and-ink drawings in the mid to late 19th century that...
Jack Wunuwun
Jack Wunuwun Aboriginal Art Jack Wunuwun was an indigenous Australian artist working in the 1970s and 1980s. His later works have a European influence and can be quite collectible. He is best known from Curtis Levy’s documentary the Morning Star painter. If you have a...
John Bulunbulun
John Bulunbulun Aboriginal Art Aboriginal Artist John Bulunbulun was an Arnhemland artist best known for his depictions of the long-necked turtle. He often repeats an animal motif many times in a similar manner as George Milpurrpurr. John was also a ceremonial dancer...
Dawidi
Dawidi Aboriginal Art Dawidi Birritjama stands among the most culturally authoritative painters of Arnhem Land, recognised for his profound custodianship of the Wägilak Sisters creation cycle—one of the foundational narratives of Yolngu cosmology. Working primarily on...
Binyinyuwuy
Binyinyuwuy Aboriginal Art Binyinyuwuy (c. 1928–1982) was an Aboriginal artist from the island of Milingimbi in Arnhem Land. He painted profusely in the late 1960s and early 70s. Binyinyuwuy was an artist of high ritual authority, which certainly gave him the right to...
George Milpurrurru
George Milpurrurru Aboriginal Art George Milpurrurru is an Indigenous Australian artist who painted on bark in the 1970s. He is best known for his paintings of the birds and animals of Arafura swamp. He uses repetition of images to give the impression of abundance and...
Bob Balirr Balirr Dirdi
Bob Balirr Balirr Dirdi Aboriginal artist Bob Balirr Balirr Dirdi worked in Oenpelli in the 1970s. He painted in an Oenpelli style most often on a red ochre background. He is best known for his series of barks depicting ceremonies. If you have a Bob Ballir Balirr...
George Tjungurrayi
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Ngaanyatjarra Art > George TjungurrayiGeorge Tjungurrayi George Tjungurrayi (AKA George Hairbrush" Tjungurrayi c.1947–2023) is one of the most important Pintupi painters of the contemporary era....
Turkey Tolson
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > Pintupi Art > Turkey TolsonTurkey Tolson: Straightening spears Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (c.1942–2001) alps spelled Turkey Tolsen transformed one of the oldest ceremonial traditions of the...
Billy Whiskey
Aboriginal Art > Aboriginal Art Styles > Western Desert Art > APY Lands Art > Billy Whiskey Billy Whiskey: Master of Pitjantjatjara Billy Whiskey a Pitjantjatjara elder did not start painting until 2004 when he was in his eighties. He only painted his...
Aboriginal Art Videos
Aboriginal Art Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MucVWo-Pw Zorba the Greek Yolngu style Mimih style of Dancing done to Zorba the Greek. On of the best videos of Aboriginal culture and dance ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52T_rnZk378 Old Masters :...
Australian Shield
Australian Shields Australian shields made by Aboriginal Australians come in many different forms depending on the tribe that made them and their function. Aboriginal Shields come in 2 main types, Broad shields, and Parrying shields. Parrying shields parry blows from...
Shorty Lungkada Tjungurrayi
Shorty Lungkada Tjungurrayi Shorty Lungkada Tjungurrayi joined the Western desert movement in 1972. He was not one of the founding members but the bold visual simplicity of his artistic compositions conveyed an elemental power that rapidly made him an important...
Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi
Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi joined the Western desert movement in 1972. He was not one of the founding members but the bold visual simplicity of his artistic compositions conveyed an elemental power that rapidly made him an important...