Rex Battarbee b. 1893

Also known as Reginald Ernest Battarbee
  • Artist (Painter)
An early advocate of indigenous art, Rex Battarbee represented Arrernte artists in his Alice Springs home, which he later turned into the Tmara-Mara Gallery.
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Citations

  • French, Alison, 'Albert Namatjira’, National Gallery of Art catalogue, Canberra, ACT.

  • Hardy, Jane, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13.

  • Murray, Daena (2001), 'Rex Battarbee: Artist and Art Collector’, World of Art and Antiques, 61st edition, July-December, pp. 125-130 (illustrations).

  • Jeff Turner “Outback Mourns death of Battarbee” (Adelaide News 4 september 1973)

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