Turkey Tjupurrula Tolson b. c.1940

Also known as Turkey Tolson
  • Artist (Painter)
One of the youngest of the pioneering painters at Papunya, who became Chairman of Papunya Tula Artists in the 1990s and one of the company's leading painters.
Name
Turkey Tjupurrula Tolson
Also known as Turkey Tolson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • labourer (ANZSIC code: 32)
Birth date
c.1940
Birth place
east of Haasts Bluff, NT
Death date
2001
Burial place
Mt Liebig
Residence
  • c.1983- Kintore
  • c.1959- Papunya
  • 1940 - 1959 Haasts Bluff
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Yuwalki, Northern Territory
Dreaming
  • Mitakutjirra
  • Woman
  • Snake
  • Emu
  • Bush Fire
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pintupi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists