Timmy Payungka Tjapangati
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Timmy Payungka was was an Australian Aboriginal
artist
from the Papunya Tula
school of painting. He was born at Parayirpilynga near of Wilkinkarra.
He met his wife at Warburton
. His family was met by a welfare patrol at Yarrana, west of Kintore, Northern Territory
, and brought in to Papunya early in the 1960s. He was one of the original painting men with Geoffrey Bardon
. He moved to Kintore in 1981 and was active in later establishing the settlement at Kiwirrkura, closer to his country.
He was an important law man, knowledgeable of many stories and rituals. According to Daphne Williams of Papunya Tula
, a trip west from Alice to Kintore with Timmy could take two or three times as long as a trip without him, so great as his enthusiasm for stopping along the way to tell his companions the stories of the land they passed through. He taught his daughter, Lorna Napanangka, to paint, and she is proving to be a talent equal to her father.
A solo exhibition of his work was displayed at Aboriginal and South Pacific Gallery in Sydney.
In his last years, Timmy lived in Alice Springs and was assisted in his painting by his wife, Emily, but he remained among the greatest of the Papunya painters until his death on 7 May 2000.
Indigenous Australians
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artist
Artist
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from the Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula, or Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 that is owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative work with the Western Desert Art Movement, popularly referred to as "dot painting"...
school of painting. He was born at Parayirpilynga near of Wilkinkarra.
He met his wife at Warburton
Warburton, Western Australia
Warburton or Warburton Ranges is an Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia, just to the south of the Gibson Desert and located on the Great Central Road and Gunbarrel Highway...
. His family was met by a welfare patrol at Yarrana, west of Kintore, Northern Territory
Kintore, Northern Territory
Kintore is a remote settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia, located approximately 530 km west of Alice Springs and close to the border with Western Australia. At the 2001 census, Kintore had a population of 691, of which 95% identified themselves as Aboriginal...
, and brought in to Papunya early in the 1960s. He was one of the original painting men with Geoffrey Bardon
Geoffrey Bardon
Geoffrey Robert Bardon AM 1940, Sydney – 6 May 2003) was an Australian school teacher who was instrumental in creating the Aboriginal art of the Western Desert movement, and in bringing Australian indigenous art to the attention of the world....
. He moved to Kintore in 1981 and was active in later establishing the settlement at Kiwirrkura, closer to his country.
He was an important law man, knowledgeable of many stories and rituals. According to Daphne Williams of Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula, or Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 that is owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative work with the Western Desert Art Movement, popularly referred to as "dot painting"...
, a trip west from Alice to Kintore with Timmy could take two or three times as long as a trip without him, so great as his enthusiasm for stopping along the way to tell his companions the stories of the land they passed through. He taught his daughter, Lorna Napanangka, to paint, and she is proving to be a talent equal to her father.
A solo exhibition of his work was displayed at Aboriginal and South Pacific Gallery in Sydney.
In his last years, Timmy lived in Alice Springs and was assisted in his painting by his wife, Emily, but he remained among the greatest of the Papunya painters until his death on 7 May 2000.