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James Fox on the paintings of Albert Namatjira

Dr James Fox examines three key Namatjira watercolours, housed at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Albert Namatjira was a pioneer of Indigenous Australian art who learned to paint aged 32. Lauded by critics and admired in galleries, his fans included a young Queen Elizabeth. His unique, Western-Aboriginal hybrid vision of the outback heralded the Indigenous art revival that ultimately re-imagined Australia.

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