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Martin van der Wal
Paddy Dhathangu, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Paddy Dhathangu
Biography
Paddy Dhathangu (1914-1993), Liyagawumirr (Yolgnu) painter, was one of the Ramingining-based artists who contributed to the Aboriginal Memorial (1987-8), comprising two hundred painted burial poles now on permanent display in the National Gallery of Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Francis Reiss
Paddy's lunch: Paddy Stewart at Yuendumu, 2003
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
Martin van der Wal
Paddy Jaminji, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Francis Reiss
Portrait of Paddy Japaljarrii Stewart, 2004
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Jim Anderson
Paddy Bedford, 2003
Portrait, inkjet print on canvas
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Greg Weight
Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa and Paddy Carrol Tjungarrayi – Papunya, 1994
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Greg Weight
Paddy Stewart Tjapaltjarri, 2007
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Martin van der Wal
Wainburranga (Paddy Fordham), 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Paddy Jaminji (Jampin)
Biography
Paddy Jaminji (Jampin) (1912-1996), Kija visual artist, spent much of his life in and around his country near Bedford Downs station in WA.
1 portrait in the collection
Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford
Biography
Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford (1920/1924–2007), also known as Goowoomji or Guwumji, artist and Gija elder, was born on Bedford Downs Station, near Warmun in Western Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Paddy Carroll Tjugarrayi
Biography
Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi (c. 1932–2002) is a Warlpiri artist who was born in Yarrungkanyi in the Western Desert.
1 portrait in the collection
Big shots
Magazine article by Djon Mundine OAM, 2017
Djon Mundine OAM brings poignant memory and context to Martin van der Wal’s 1986 portrait photographs of storied Aboriginal artists.
Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa
Biography
Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa (b. c. 1944) is a painter and senior custodian for the Warlpiri people.
1 portrait in the collection
Wainburranga
Biography
Wainburranga (Paddy Fordham) (c. 1932-2006), Rembarrnga painter, sculptor, printmaker and dancer, lived in the bush before moving to Maranboy, where he first saw white people.
1 portrait in the collection
Rover Thomas
Biography
Rover Thomas (1926-1998), Kukatja-Wangkajunga artist, was born in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia and worked as a stockman and fencer before losing his employment upon the introduction of equal pay for indigenous workers in 1975.
1 portrait in the collection