David Tjapaltjarri Corby b. c.1940

  • Artist (Painter)
One of the youngest of the original 'painting men' at Papunya in the early 1970s, and a dedicated worker for his community. He was artist-in-residence at Flinders University with Turkey Tolson in 1979, the year before his tragic death.

Citations

  • Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .

    http://www.iadpress.com

  • Maughan, J.; & Zimmer, J. (1986), 'Dot and Circle: A Retrospective Survey of the Aboriginal Acrylic Paintings of Central Australia’, Melbourne, Vic : Communication Services Unit, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

  • Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7.

    http://www.iadpress.com

  • Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James (2004), 'Papunya: A Place Made After the Story; The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement’, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC ISBN-10 : 0-522-85110-X / ISBN-13: 978-0522851106.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary