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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was the first recognized star of the Western Desert art movement. Showing Editorial results for clifford possum tjapaltjarri. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO (1932 21 June 2002) was an Australian painter, considered to be one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists. Over 60 major paintings, all with detailed annotations and spanning more than two decades of his output, are reproduced in this volume. ABN 70 592 297 967|The National Museum of Australia is an Australian Government Agency, Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Old Masters: Australia's Great Bark Artists, Australia's Defining Moments Digital Classroom. Clifford POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI - Love Story 1997, 91 x 145cm ADG:1074 ADG: 1074 Description CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Love Story - Story of painting This painting tells of a young Tjungurrayi man who fell in love with a Napangati woman, however she was the wrong skin group and was not allowed to marry him. Purchased. He began carving in his late teens and had a reputation as a craftsman before the Papunya painting movement began. Posthumously, Tjapaltjarri's works are drawing increasing attention. Copyright in all materials and/or works comprising or contained within this website remains with the National Portrait Gallery and other copyright owners as specified. Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim. In 2002 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service as a contributor to and pioneer of the development of the Western Desert art movement, and to the Indigenous community through interpretation of ancient traditions and cultural values., Vivien Johnson in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2014, Open daily Tim Johnson became interested in the Papunya Tula Artists after seeing an exhibition of their paintings in Sydney in 1977. Clifford Possum emerged as one of the leaders in this school of painting, which has come to be called the Western Desert Art Movement. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri 'Warlugulong' Yuuma, Gurruburri. [9][10] The artist's images of this period are visually complex, and contain a wide variety of patterns, unified by strong background motifs and structure. In the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Clifford Possum was Chairman of this group and in 1990 presented the Queen Elizabeth II with one of his paintings. This website comprises and contains copyrighted materials and works. We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands. On one level TheCompanion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. [16], While the painting has been described as showing the story of an ancestral being called Lungkata starting the first bushfire,[13] it portrays elements of nine distinct dreamings, of which Lungkata's tale is the central motif. His career as an artist began in the 1950's when he carved snakes and goannas. The full text of the article is here , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Possum_Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. [8] The work and the price it achieved at auction in 2007 are cited as evidence of both the importance of Clifford Possum as an artist, and of the maturation and growth of the Australian Indigenous art market. Possums family, like countless others, existed on government and mission rations with occasional low-paid work on nearby cattle farms. Many of his canvasses have strong figurative elements which stand out from the highly descriptive background dotting. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Aboriginal Australian (Anmatyerre), 1932-2002 Perentie Dreaming, c. 1986 Acrylic on canvas Signed in graphite to verso, unframed. It exemplifies a distinctive painting style developed by Papunya Tula artists in the 1970s, and blends representation of landscape with ceremonial iconography. The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. Billy Stockman, another founding member of the Papunya Tula art movement, survived the massacre and was raised by Clifford Possums mother. Video excerpt from the ABC documentary 'The Exhibitionists' on First Nations Australian female artist Karla Dickens, Wiradjuri people. Later that year he travelled to the US to attend the Dreamings exhibition at New Yorks Asia Society Galleries. 1977. His brother was Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, whose artwork appeared on another stamp. His work lives on through his daughters Gabriella Possum Nungurayyi and Michelle Possum Nungurayyi, successful artists in their own right, who continue to evolve and expand contemporary Australian indigenous art in layered maps of the Dreaming. It sold for $2.4million, thoroughly eclipsing the previous record for an Indigenous Australian painting, set when Emily Kngwarreye's Earth's Creation was bought in May of the same year for just over $1million. In 1980 he began visiting the Papunya settlement and came to know Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Michael Nelson Jagamara and others, who invited him to paint with them. Allan, and his mother from Warlugulong, an area southwest of Yuendumu. Carved snake (view from front), 1973, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, pigment on wood, 71 x 40 x 15 cm. He has had a book published dedicated to him and his paintings, 'The Art of Clifford Possum Japaltjarri', by Vivien Johnson. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO (c. 19322002) was a founding member of the artists cooperative established at Papunya in the early 1970s and one of the most renowned practitioners within the Western Desert art movement. In the late 1970's he expanded the scope of Papunya Tula painting by placing the trails of several ancestors on the same canvas in the fashion of a road map. Over the next decade he would become the most widely travelled Aboriginal artist of his generation and an ambassador for Aboriginal art around the world. [24] After hanging in Ebes's living room for eleven years,[24] it was auctioned in Melbourne by Sotheby's on 24 July 2007. This information and Possums work herding cattle and horses across the desert provided the source and content of his later paintings. The artist's works have gone up for sale at public auction 402 times, mostly in the Painting category. Grandfather and grandmother, uncle and aunty, mummy and father, all that, they been carry on this, teach 'em all the young boys and girls. Pre-auction, the work was expected to make art history as the most expensive Aboriginal canvas at auction. After his father's death in the 1940s his mother married Gwoya Jungarai, better known as One Pound Jimmy, whose image was used on a well known Australian postage stamp. The focal point of that show was Napperby Death Spirit Dreaming (1980), a large collaborative painting by Possum and Leura. Colonial Australian Art. Close product . Free entry, Find out what you need to know before visiting, Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia. This was followed two years later by another London exhibition, which was favourably reviewed in the prestigious Artline magazine. Each artwork featured an intricately detailed surface of dots and lines in rich reds and ochres. Video, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri 'Warlugulong'. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was born on Napperby Station about 200 kilometres north-west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri - Artist Biography Shopping Cart | Wish List | About Us Artworks Exhibitions Buying Guide Our Services Art & Culture Contact Us Search Aboriginal Artworks Text Search Search Website Colour Range Size and Shape Range Size: Shape: Price Range On Sale Low: High: Region & Theme We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people. [4] He was buried at Yuelamu, which had been the preference of his community and daughters, several weeks after his death.[5]. Growing up, Clifford enjoyed a tradition bush lifestyle and was given the name Possum by his parental grandfather. Papunya Tula Artists Ltd. was formed in 1972. This website contains names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Warlugulong was Tjapaltjarris first monumental canvas, and became the template for a series of large-scale paintings made through the late 1970s. 193221. His paintings are held in galleries and collections in Australia and elsewhere, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Na stated in. His first opportunity to paint came when one of Albert Namatjira's sons gave him acrylic paints and the master began his work. Lawson Crescent Acton Peninsula, CanberraDaily 9am5pm, closed Christmas Day Freecall: 1800 026 132, Museum Cafe9am4pm, weekdays9am4.30pm, weekends. [notes 1] Owned for many years by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the work was sold by art dealer Hank Ebes on 24 July 2007, setting a record price for a contemporary Indigenous Australian art work bought at auction when it was Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO Born: c.1932; Napperby, Australia Died: June 21, 2002; Alice Springs / Stuart, Australia Nationality: Australian Art Movement: Native Art Painting School: Papunya Tula Field: painting Family and Relatives: Michelle Possum Nungurrayi, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi [17] It was purchased for A$1,200 by the Commonwealth Bank, which hung it in a bank training centre cafeteria on the Mornington Peninsula. I use paint and canvas that's not from us, from European people. His skill and inventiveness and his enormous enthusiasm for life made him the most celebrated Aboriginal artist of his generation. 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