Title
Amulda Gorge
(circa 1947)
Artist
Edwin Pareroultja
Australia
23 Oct 1918 – 11 Jul 1986
Language group: Western Arrernte, Central Desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Hermannsburg
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- (circa 1947)
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.5 x 20.3 cm sight; 58.0 x 42.7 x 3.2 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed, l.centre, black ink "Edwin Pareroultja". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1947
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 8017
- Copyright
- © Estate of Edwin Pareroultja
- Artist information
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Edwin Pareroultja
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About
'Amulda Gorge' was the first work by an Indigenous artist to be purchased for the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, in 1947.
Western Arrernte artist Edwin Pareroultja was a contemporary of Albert Namatjira and a renowned artist in his own right. Pareroultja, along with his brothers, Otto and Reuben, was known for his use of brilliant colour and graphic forms resulting in an almost design-like quality to his work.
Pareroultja’s distinct style resulted in landscapes generally less representational than Namatjira’s, something which perhaps contributed to the Art Gallery trustees’ decision to acquire his work before that of the better known Namatjira.
Today, Edwin Pareroultja’s painting is joined in the collection by several from his daughter, Ivy Pareroultja, as well as by the Namatjira and other families, a new generation of artists continuing the legacy of the renowned Hermannsburg school of watercolour painters.
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Places
Where the work was made
Hermannsburg
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
Another Country, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jul 1999–02 Apr 2000
One sun, one moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jul 2007–02 Dec 2007
Country Culture Community (2008-09), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Nov 2008–19 Apr 2009
The hills beyond Hermannsburg, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Mar 2014–02 Jun 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Alison French, One sun one moon: Aboriginal art in Australia, ‘‘We’re got to follow that old man’s tracks’: Engaging with the art of Albert Namatjira’, pg. 151-163, Sydney, 2007, 154 (colour illus.).
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Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 30
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