Ward Tjungurrayi Artist Biography

2 of 2 George Ward Tjungurrayi is represented in major national collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW, Supreme Court of Northern Territory, and in Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, and Groninger Museum, Netherlands. Contact Us On Sale
George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near the site of Lararra, southeast of Kiwirrkura circa 1945. George Ward is the youngest of three brothers; the late Yala Yala Gibbs (f

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George Ward Tjungurrayi (258 results) Recently Added View George Ward Tjungurrayi's 258 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. George Ward Tjungarrayi George was born circa 1945 near the site of Lararra, east of Tjuukurla in Western Australia. George shares the same father as Internationally renowned artists Yala Yala Gibbs and Willy Tjungarrayi. George Ward Tjungurrayi is represented in major national collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW, Supreme Court of Northern Territory, and in Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, and Groninger Museum, Netherlands. George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near the site of Lararra, east of Tjukurla in Western Australia c. 1955 and is a Pintupi member. His first contact with Europeans was made through one of the welfare patrols led by Jeremy Long and Nosepeg Tjupurrula at a rockhole south of Kiwirrkura.

Ward Tjungurrayi Paintings & Artist Profile Japingka Gallery

George Ward Tjungurrayi - Biography | Short St Gallery George was born near the site of Lararra, east of Tjukurla in Western Australia c. 1955. His first contact with Europeans was made through one of the welfare patrols led by Jeremy Long and Nosepeg Tjupurrula at a rockhole south of Kiwirrkura. After travelling in to Papunya he worked both. Born: c.1940 State: WA , NT Region: Western Desert Community: Kintore Outstation: Kiwirrkura, Lake Mackay, Karkun, WalaWala, Kilpiny Language: Pintupi Social Affiliation: Tjungurrayi subsection Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas Subjects: Tingari, Kuniya at Karrilwarra. "Going to the source", 2004, April 20th, The Australian By Nicolas Rothwell George Ward, born in 1945, is a Pintupi elder who lives and works between Kintore, Kiwirrkura and Warakuna. Like many senior artists he began painting in the mid 1970s for the Papunya Tula artist group. With distinctive linear patterning, George still focuses largely on Tingari stories associated with male initiation and creation stories. Artist Artist: George Ward Tjungurrayi Date of Birth: circa 1945 - Place of Birth: born in vicinity of Walawala, proximate to Kiwirrkura, Gibson Desert, WA, Aus Go to top Biography

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George Ward Tjungurrayi was born inn the bush near Lararra, east of Tjukurla in the area of Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia around 1945. George or Wakanintja by his indigenous name is married to Nyungawarra Ward Napurrula and is the father of the exciting new talent, Gracie Ward Napaltjarri . George Tjungurrayi (b. c. 1943-1947) is a highly respected senior Pintupi artist. Born around Walawala near Kiwirrkura in Western Australia, he spent his childhood in this region. In his late teens Tjungurrayi left the Gibson Desert and moved between Mt Doreen, Yuendumu and Papunya, where he settled from the early 1960s. During this period Tjungurrayi worked in a variety of jobs; as a fencer. George Ward Tjungurrayi was born around 1947 in the Western Desert near the remote West Australian community of Tjukurrla. His father had died when he was young, and it was not until his teenage years that George first met with white settlers. George Ward Tjungurrayi is an Aboriginal Australian Indigenous Art painter who was born in the Circa 1950. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Japingka Gallery have featured George Ward Tjungurrayi's work in the past.

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George Ward Tjungurrayi. George was born near the site of Lararra, east of Tjukurla in Western Australia c. 1955. His first contact with Europeans was made through one of the welfare patrols led by Jeremy Long and Nosepeg Tjupurrula at a rockhole south of Kiwirrkura. After travelling in to Papunya he worked both as a fencer and as a butcher in. George Ward Tjungurrayi was born in Kiwirrkura around the year 1945. George and his older brother, Willy Tjungurrayi, who is also a senior Pintupi painter, moved to Papunya in the 1960s. He was brought into Papunya in 1962 by the Northern Territory patrols which Jeremy Long was in charge of after watching local artists painting at that time.