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.
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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

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Other occupations
  • labourer (ANZSIC code: 32)
  • labourer (ANZSIC code: 32)
Copyright agents
  • Papunya Tula Artists
  • Papunya Tula Artists
Alternative names
  • Turkey Tolson
  • Turkey Tolson
Heritage countries
  • Yuwalki, Northern Territory
  • Yuwalki, Northern Territory
Related people
  • Scobie, Narpula Napurrula (sibling of)
  • Corby, David Tjapaltjarri (associate of)
  • Rowe, Brenda (relative of)
  • Scobie, Narpula Napurrula (sibling of)
  • Corby, David Tjapaltjarri (associate of)
  • Rowe, Brenda (relative of)
Related person groups
  • Papunya Tula Artists (associate of)
  • Papunya Tula Artists (associate of)
Related recognitions
  • Artist-in- Residence Flinders University (received)
  • Artist-in- Residence Flinders University (received)
Related events
  • East/West: Land in Papunya Paintings (exhibited at)
  • East/West: Land in Papunya Paintings (exhibited at)
Indigenous notes