Hermannsburg Mission School
This distinctive school of naturalist realist watercolour art started in 1932, when Rex Battarbee and John Gardner first visited the Hermannsburg Mission. In 1936, Battarbee gave the young Albert Namatjira materials and lessons in watercolour painting. Namatjira's work was eagerly taken up by the Western art world. By the late 1940s, a number of other Hermannsburg men were painting in what has become known as the style of the Hermannsburg School.
For sale here is a fine example of a painting by one of these Hermannsburg artists, Wenten Rubuntja.
Wenten Rubuntja (c. 1923 - 2005) was an Australian artist and Aboriginal rights activist. He belonged to the Arrernte indigenous people of Central Australia. His works were painted in acrylic or watercolours and influenced by themes from Dreamtime myths. This work, entitled Central Australian Landscape and measuring 26 x 52 cms, is priced at $650.
Richard Moketarinja, untitled landscape sold
Claude Pannka, untitled landscape sold
Walter Ebatarinja, Mt Sonder and Ghost Gums sold
Reuben Pareroultja, Ghost Gum with Scree Slopes sold
Henoch Raberaba, Central Australian Landscape sold
Nelson Pannka, The Sentinels sold
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