© National Portrait Gallery 2026
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196
Search / rubina namatjira
Axel Poignant
Albert and his wife Rubina, Macdonnell Ranges, 1946
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 1999
Rubina Namatjira
Biography
Rubina (Ilkalita) Namatjira (1903–1974) was a Kukatja woman and the wife of famous Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira.
1 portrait in the collection
Ern McQuillan OAM
Albert Namatjira, Artist, Alice Springs, c. 1957
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2003
Don Mount
Pair of bookends with portraits of Albert Namatjira, c. 1950
Portrait, wood and glazed ceramic
Gift of Ron Radford 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Albert Namatjira, 1958
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC and with the assistance of Philip Bacon Galleries 2000
Charles Chauvel
Albert Namatjira, c. 1954-1958 (printed 2017)
Portrait, inkjet print from a scanned colour transparency on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
an unknown artist
Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal, c. 1950s
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008
Vincent Namatjira OAM
Albert and Vincent, 2024
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on linen
Purchased with funds provided by the Calvert-Jones Foundation, Liangis Family Foundation and the Portrait Dinner Series 2024
Albert Namatjira
'You must not lose it'
Portrait story
The art and landscape of Albert Namatjira.
Albert Namatjira
Biography
Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) is one of Australia's most celebrated and important artists.
7 portraits in the collection
Greg Weight
Wenten Rubuntja, 1998
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Greg Weight
Wenten Rubuntja, 2001
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Hermannsburg Potters, Irene Mbitjana Entata, Virginia Mbitjana Rontji, Lindy Panangka Rontji, Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Dawn Ngala Wheeler, Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Anita Ratara Mbitjana, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Clara Ngala Inkamala
Potters' Portrait Pot, 2009
Portrait, fired terracotta clay, underglaze
Commissioned 2009
Greg Weight
Judith Inkamala, 1999
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Brett Canét-Gibson
Trevor Jamieson, 2016
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Together on Country
Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2025
Emma Kindred considers the artistic lineage and deep Ancestral connection between Vincent Namatjira and his great-grandfather Albert Namatjira.