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GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI
Kutulunga
George was born near the site of Lararra, east of Tjukurla in Western Australia c.
1945.
Like many Pintupi people, 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 the Papunya settlement, he worked both as a fencer and as a butcher in the Papunya kitchen.
George’s father was also the father of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi and Willy Tjungurrayi - two of the most important painters of Papunya Tula in Kintore.
Although they had different mothers, George considers them very close brothers.
After the sad passing of Yala Yala, George devoted himself increasingly to his art.
He still maintains a close relationship with Yala Yala's youngest wife Ningura Napurrula, herself one of Papunya Tula's most noted Indigenous artists. In 2004 George was the proud recipient of the Wynne Landscape Prize - an award granted to one notable artist each year at the same time as the Archibald for the best Australian landscape painting.
George executes his artworks with scrupulous detail, using complex dot work and sprawling geometric designs to create powerful optical effects.
A leading painter of the Papunya Tula Artists, his works feature in important Australian cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and Charles Darwin University..
George was born near the site of Lararra, east of Tjukurla in Western Australia c.
1945.
Like many Pintupi people, 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 the Papunya settlement, he worked both as a fencer and as a butcher in the Papunya kitchen.
George’s father was also the father of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi and Willy Tjungurrayi - two of the most important painters of Papunya Tula in Kintore.
Although they had different mothers, George considers them very close brothers.
After the sad passing of Yala Yala, George devoted himself increasingly to his art.
He still maintains a close relationship with Yala Yala's youngest wife Ningura Napurrula, herself one of Papunya Tula's most noted Indigenous artists. In 2004 George was the proud recipient of the Wynne Landscape Prize - an award granted to one notable artist each year at the same time as the Archibald for the best Australian landscape painting.
George executes his artworks with scrupulous detail, using complex dot work and sprawling geometric designs to create powerful optical effects.
A leading painter of the Papunya Tula Artists, his works feature in important Australian cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and Charles Darwin University..
