Wenten Rubuntja 1926-2005 Original Hermannsburg WColour


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Item specifics - Art

Original/Reproduction:	Original	Era:	1960s
Originating Region:	Australia	Condition:	Used

<Description>

Up for auction, A Beautiful Orignal Hermannsburg Watercolour Painting, Rocky Valley and Gum Trees By Well listed Aboriginal Artist Wenten (Wenton) Rubuntja (1926-2005). One of important Aborignal Artists, Albert Namatjira is his uncle who taught Wenten Rubuntja.

Highly sought after investment art work and very collectible artist, who passed away in 2005, a state funeral was honored, the first for an indigenous territorian

Wenten Rubuntja Painted both in Watercolour of Hermannsburg School Style and Acrylic Painting in Traditional Aboriginal Style

Especially in His early Days, He painted watercolour followed the Footsteps of Albert Namatjira, Those Early works are extremely rare nowadays, seldom offered.

Here is headline in the news at time.

In Alice Springs.... Territorians mourned the loss of indigenous leader Wenten Rubuntja... A champion of land rights and an ambassador for reconciliation.
The Arrente Elder was honored with a state funeral... The first for an indigenous territorian.

Bidding Starts at $1 Nominal, No Reserve, I will Let market decide its value

Here is an example of artist's Art Work sold At Fine Art Auction before his Death.

Rubuntja, Wenten. 1926-. Australia (Aboriginal)

	Title	Price	Details
	Treaty Dreaming Dedication 1987	$8,250	Acrylic on canvas, reg. No. WR870243, 196 x 267 cm Philips Auctions Australia Melbourne 02/08/1998, Lot No. 523

Here is an example of his Hermannsburg Watercolour Painting Sold at Fine Art Auction
	Title	Price	Details
	Rocky Outcrop	$2,275	Watercolour, signed 'Wenten Rubuntja' lower right, 54 x 74 cm, Est: $1,000-1,500 Joel's Melbourne 21/08/2001, Lot No. 443

<Condition>

Good Condition considering its age, paper has Browned over the Years

<Size>

Image Size: 24x35 cm

Frame Size: 50x60 cm

Frame: Good Condition with Minor Wears

Ready to Hang

<Provenance and Authenticity>

It is Personally Signed Lower Left "Wenten Rubuntja" By the Artist

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<Biography>

Wenten Rubuntja, an Arrente person, Living in Alice Springs, grew up at Telegraphy Station, worked as a timber cutter and drover at stations across Central Australia. Albert Namatjira was his father's cousin and call himself Wenten's uncle, he taught Wenten Rubuntja to paint in response to the boy's interest.

Wenten Rubuntja remembers selling his first painting for five pounds to Rex Batterbee, 'who got me to sign to be an artist'.

Wenten Rubuntja paints both Hermannsburg Landscape and traditional Aboriginal Dot Paintings, his style is very disctive, pointed linear forms.

Wenten Rubuntja is chairman of Central Australia Land Council through the 80s, a leader of the Arrente Community. he passed away recently in Alice Springs.

<Work Represented>

1. Most State Galleries

2. Most Regional Art Galleries

3. Private and Institutional Collections

<References and Publications>

Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert, Vivien Johnson

Heritage of Albert Namatjira

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Rare Aboriignal Artist Well Respected Aboriginal Leader