OSCAR NAMATJIRA - UNTITLED

OSCAR NAMATJIRA
UNTITLED,  
63 x 24 cm (irregular)
Watercolour on on carved wood and mixed media woomerra
 
REGION
Hermannsburg Central Desert, NT
 
PROVENANCE
Hermannsburg Central Desert, NT
Private Collection, SA 
 
STORY
Oscar was born in 1922. He attended mission school before joining the Army Labor Gang in 1942. Three years later he returned to the mission and took up painting. One of Oscars first jobs was to drive his fathers truck. Oscar would drive Albert to his various painting spots and leave him with supplies.
 
EXHIBITED
Hermannsburg Salon, July 2022, Cooee Art | Redfern
Oceanic Art Fair 2022, November 2022, National Art School, Sydney
 
ARTIST PROFILE
OSCAR NAMATJIRA