Rex Battarbee b. 1893

  • 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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painter, made a second visit to Central Australia with his friend John Gardner in 1934 and they were invited to show their art at Hermannsburg Mission. In 1945 Battarbee set up a gallery, the Tmara-Mara Gallery, in his Alice Springs home to sell the work of the Arrernte (Hermannsburg Aboriginal) artists.

Battarbee died in the Old Timers Home, Alice Springs.

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Date written:
1999
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2011

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References [<ExternalResource: French, Alison, 'Albert Namatjira', National Gallery of Art catalogue, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Hardy, Jane, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13.>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Daena (2001), 'Rex Battarbee: Artist and Art Collector', World of Art and Antiques, 61st edition, July-December, pp. 125-130 (illustrations).>]