George Tjangala b. c.1925

Also known as George Jangala, George Tjangala Maxwell
  • Artist (Painter)
Born in Pintupi country, and based for times at Haasts Bluff, Papunya, Brown's Bore and on his own outstation at Ngutjulnga, Tjangala joined Papunya Tula Artists around 1976. His work toured to the USA with the "Dreamings" exhibition and is held in major collections.

Born c.1920 at Lingakurra, south of Kintore, the artist also had rights in the country around Mutakutjirri and Marnpi.. His family travelled eastwards from these regions, regularly walking in to collect rations from Haasts Bluff and later cutting timber and building stockyards for the government cattle station. George also worked as a stockman at Haasts Bluff before coming to stay at Papunya in the ’70s. In about 1976 that George started painting, receiving instruction from Turkey Tolson and others with whom he was living at the time at Brown’s Bore outstation. He moved out to Kintore in the early days of that settlement. He had an outstation at Ngutjulnga, near Kintore. His paintings depict Hare Wallaby, Acacia Seed, Fire Shield-maker, Water, Bush Tucker, Tumble Weed and Goanna Dreamings and Tingari Dreamings from around the region of Lingakurra.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011