Hilary Tjapaltjarri b. c.1940

  • Artist (Painter)
Pintupi artist who previously worked as a stockman. He experimented with a few small boards in Papunya in the early 1970s and once settled in Kintore in the early 1980s began to paint for Papunya Tula Artists on a regular basis.
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Name
Hilary Tjapaltjarri
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Stockman
Birth date
c.1940
Birth place
south-west of Kintore, NT
Active Period
  • c.1985-
Residence
  • c.1938- Mintjilpirri
  • c.1981- Walungurru (Kintore), NT
  • c.1972 - c.1981 Papunya, NT
  • Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), NT
Training
  • c.1972- observation of early Papunya Tula artists, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Snake
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

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