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 Burnie, Launceston, Hobart, Adelaide, Hermannsburg (NT), Alice Springs, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton '2012' "The Namatjira Project" won the Critics' Choice artsHub Award for Contribution to the Australian Community by a Group, Organisation or Company. For the 2012 national tour of "Namatjira", Big "h"ART was awarded a Helpmann Award '2011' "Namatjira" was nominated for 2 Green Room Awards (Male Actor (Trevor Jamieson), Production) '2010' "Namatjira" was nominated for 8 Sydney Theatre Awards (Best Mainstage Production, Best Direction, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best New Australian Work, Best Newcomer, Best Lighting Design, Best Score or Sound