Tim Tjapaltjarri Leura b. c.1930

Also known as Timmy Leurah Tjapaltjarri, Tjapaltjarri, Djabaldjari, Tim Leura
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Carver)
Anmatyerre artist who was renowned for his wood carving skill before beginning to paint in Papunya at the beginning of the 1970s. As a close friend of Geoffrey Bardon, he was a key figure in the beginnings of the painting movement at Papunya and one of Papunya Tula's leading artists over the company's first decade.
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Name
Tim Tjapaltjarri Leura
Also known as:
  • Timmy Leurah Tjapaltjarri
  • Tjapaltjarri
  • Djabaldjari
  • Tim Leura
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Carver)
Other Occupation
  • Stockman (ANZSIC code: 0529)
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Napperby Creek, NT
Death date
1984
Active Period
  • 1971-
Residence
  • c.1930- Napperby, NT
  • c.1960- Papunya, NT
  • Narwietooma, NT
Training
  • c.1971- Papunya Tula Artists, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Morning Star
  • Moon
  • Sun
  • Blue Tongue Lizard
  • Fire
  • Yam
  • Possum
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Anmatyerre
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

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References [<ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .>, <ExternalResource: Bardon, Geoffrey (1979), 'Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert', Rigby, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Bardon, Geoffrey (1991), 'Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert', McPhee Gribble, Ringwood, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Sutton, Peter (ed) (1988), 'Dreamings: Art of Aboriginal Australia', Viking in association with the Asia Society Galleries, New York.>, <ExternalResource: (1976), 'Desert Dreamers', BBC (British Broadcasting Authority).>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7.>, <ExternalResource: Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James (2004), 'Papunya: A Place Made After the Story; The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement', Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC ISBN-10 : 0-522-85110-X / ISBN-13: 978-0522851106.>] [<ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .>]