Wenten Rubuntja

Also known as Wenton Rubuntja
  • Artist (Painter)
Wenten painted both Hermannsburg landscapes and paintings using traditional desert Dreaming designs. He was taught to paint by Albert Namatjira, his father's cousin.
Name
Wenten Rubuntja
Also known as Wenton Rubuntja
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Chairman (ANZSIC code: 9559) (Chairman Central Land Council.)
  • Drover (ANZSIC code: 0529) (Drover At stations across Central Australia including Hamilton Downs in his grandfather's country Ntyerlpe, Undoolya Station, Maryvale and Napperby.)
  • Timber cutter (ANZSIC code: 1411)
Death date
2005
Residence
  • Alice Springs, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Arrente
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary