Monday, June 17, 2024

Emily Kame Kngwarreye
(1910 - 1996)
 

Emily Kame Kngwarreye (also spelt Emily Kam Kngwarray) (1910 – 3 September 1996) was an Aboriginal Australian artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. After only starting painting as a septuagenarian, Kngwarreye became one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of Indigenous Australian art. She was a founding member of the Utopia Women's Batik Group and is known for her precise and detailed works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Kame_Kngwarreye

Untitled (Awely)
1994
synthetic polymer paint on paper laminated to canvas
100 x 213 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/567.1994.a-c/

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