Johnny Tjupurrula Warangkula b. c.1920

Also known as Johnny Warangula Tjupurrula, Johnny Warrangula Tjupurrula, Johnny Warankula Tjupurrula, Johnny Warrangula Tjaparula, Johnny W. Tjupurrula, W. Johnny
  • Artist (Painter)
One of the founders of Papunya Tula Artists and most renowned painters of the desert art movement, whose signature techniques of overdotting produced effects of "tremulous illusion".
Name
Johnny Tjupurrula Warangkula
Also known as:
  • Johnny Warangula Tjupurrula
  • Johnny Warrangula Tjupurrula
  • Johnny Warankula Tjupurrula
  • Johnny Warrangula Tjaparula
  • Johnny W. Tjupurrula
  • W. Johnny
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1920
Birth place
Minjilpirri
Death date
2001
Burial place
Papunya, NT
Residence
  • Papunya, NT
  • Mt Wedge
  • Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
  • Mt Liebig
  • Haasts Bluff
  • Hermannsburg mission, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Kalipinypa
  • Tjikari
Dreaming
  • Nyalpilala
  • Nyilppi
  • Egret
  • Fire
  • Yam
  • Water
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Luritja
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists