Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (c1943-2023)
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born in the early 1940s at Tjiturrunya west of Mawuyan, across the Northern Territory border in Western Australia. Spending most of his formative years as a nomad in the remote desert surrounding his birthplace, he was initiated in the Winparku area of Western Australia.
Due to drought conditions in the 1950s, he and his family walked into Haasts Bluff where Tjampitjinpa worked as a stockman. He and his
family were then removed to the newly formed Papunya settlement in the early 1960s where Tjampitjinpa worked as a fencer, making yards for cattle. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula in 1971 and painted for nearly 50 years until he died in 2023.
Due to drought conditions in the 1950s, he and his family walked into Haasts Bluff where Tjampitjinpa worked as a stockman. He and his
family were then removed to the newly formed Papunya settlement in the early 1960s where Tjampitjinpa worked as a fencer, making yards for cattle. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula in 1971 and painted for nearly 50 years until he died in 2023.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (c1943-2023)
Image 60x45cm / Paper 76x56cm / Frame 98x77.5x4cm
$1500