Walter Ebatarinja | Central Australian landscape c 1950
Walter Ebatarinja (1915-1968)
Central Australian Landscape
Watercolour on artists board
37 x 53 cm
Signed lower centre
Housed in a custom Gilt frame.
An excellent example of the Hermannsberg watercolour movement. The first commercially successful and enduring First Nation Art movement.
A large work with excellent composition and colour.
$4500
Walter Ebatarinja
BIO
Born: 1915
Died: 1968
Walter was born the son of Joshua and Ruth on the 20th of October 1915. He was schooled at the mission and became proficient in the trades of stock-whip and belt plaiting. His father was the headman of the Hermannsburg group and his family were the traditional custodians of Roulbmaulbma, an area in the vicinity of Ellery Creek. He was the nephew of Albert Namatjira and due to his kinship held tribal authority at Hermannsburg. He began painting in the early 1940s under the tutelage of Albert Namatjira. Albert was obliged to help Walter because of his tribal status. This meant he was taught before Alberts sons Enos & Oscar.
Language Group: Western Arrernte
Biography taken from https://hermannsburgschool.com/artists
