Darby Jampijinpa Ross b. c.1910

  • Artist (Painter)
Darby Ross was a senior and highly respected figure in Warlpiri ceremonial life and one of the grand old men of Yuendumu painting. He was one of the group of senior men of the Yuendumu community who painted the school doors in 1984, helping to spark off painting in the community and the establishment of Warlukurlangu Artists in 1985.

Citations

  • Information sourced from Warlukurlangu Artists.

  • Sutton, P (1988), 'Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia’, Viking, NY.

  • Diggins, L (1989), 'Myriad of Dreamings’, Malakoff Fine Art Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Ryan, J (1989), 'Mythscapes’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Johnson, V (1991), 'The Painted Dream’, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.

  • (1991), 'Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn Lowe Art Museum’, University of Miami, Miami, USA.

  • Information sourced from Lennard, Christine.

  • Information sourced from James, Glenn.

  • Information sourced from Tyson, Geraldine.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary