Vintage Albert Namatjira Hermannsburg landscape print in very good condition. Still in it's original wood frame with glass face. Framed by Boans of Perth, and that’s quite a few years ago.
Frame is 32cms wide by 27cms high.
Albert Namatjira, was born on 28th July 1902 at Hermannsburg Mission, west of Alice Springs.
He was taught to paint with watercolours by Rex Battarbee in 1936. Two years later in 1938, Albert’s first exhibition, held in Melbourne was an immediate success, and followed with exhibitions being sold out in every capital city of Australia.
Albert’s fame became widespread, and his paintings sought after by state and national galleries and collectors in Australia and overseas.
Today his watercolours and prints are still sought after by art lovers.
On 8th August, 1959, after a heart attack, complicated by pneumonia, Albert Namatjira died in the Alice Springs Hospital, and was buried in the Alice Springs Cemetery, on Memorial Drive. During his painting lifetime Albert taught his children and many of his tribal brothers the secret of transferring their love of the beautiful Central Australian landscape onto paper, leaving a legacy that is now available through his paintings, prints and the work of the Hermannsburg artists.
Reason for sale: I am clearing my house for sale or rental, and want to save on storage.
