Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira (28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959), born Elea Namatjira, was a Western Arrernte-speaking Aboriginal artist from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, he was the most famous Indigenous Australian of his generation. Born and raised at the Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission outside Alice Springs, Namatjira showed interest in art from an early age, but it was not until 1934 (aged 32), under the tutelage of Rex Battarbee, that he began to paint seriously. Namatjira's richly detailed, Western art-influenced watercolours of the outback departed significantly from the abstract designs
Namatjira Project for supplying liquor to fellow community members and dies a broken man shortly after his release. The performance of the play concludes with a video of Namatjira's descendants talking about the project's beginnings, structure and benefits for the community. A Big "h"ART production Created with the Namatjira family Written & Directed by Scott Rankin With Trevor Jamieson & Derik Lynch Composer: Genevieve Lacey Set Designer: Genevieve Dugard Lighting Designer: Nigel Levings Costume Designer: Tess Schofield Sound Designer: Jim Atkins Creative Producer: Sophia Marinos Associate Producer: Cecily Hardy Community Producer: Shannon Huber Also performed by: Genevieve Lacey, Nicole Forsythe and Rhia