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
Albert Field (archivist) Columbia University. His eponymous 1987 book, "Transformation Playing Cards", cataloged and presented all known examples of one particular type of playing card. In 1998, Field stated that he had found the solution to Charles Dickens's unfinished work "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Field's theorized solution, likely drawn up in the 1960s, was published posthumously in 2017. Since 2003, the Archives has continued its work under the direction of Field's former colleague and friend, Frank Hunter. Albert Field (archivist) George Albert Field Jr. (November 8, 1916 – August 4, 2003) was known for cataloging and authenticating artwork by the surrealist artist