George ‘Hairbrush’ Tjungurrayi
Tribe: Pintupi
Area: Papunya, Northern Territory
Born: circa 1947
Biography:
George Tjungurrayi was born in the remote desert area west of Kiwirrkura in 1947 and moved to Papunya in the 1960s.
George began painting in 1976 during the early days of the Aboriginal Art Movement in Papunya. George Tjungurrayi is the brother of Willy Tjungurrayi, also a famous artist. George depicts dreamings associated with the “Tingari Cycle”. George Tjungurrayi’s paintings often depict specific sacred sites located in his ancestral country. George Tjungurrayi was included in the Australian Art Collector’s list of the 50 most collectible Australian artists.
Collections:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queenland Univeristy Art Museum. Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Supreme Court of Northern Territory, Darwin
Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Robert Homles a Court Collection, Perth
Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, U.S.A
University of Virginia, U.S.A.
Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanien, Paris, France
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
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Art Work
- Tingari
- Medium
- 95 x 149 cm
- 12,000(incl. GST)
- GT002207
- Tingari
- Small
- 60 x 120 cm
- 7,700(incl. GST)
- GT002107
- Tingari
- Medium
- 95 x 120 cm
- 10,000(incl. GST)
- GT001107
- Tingari
- Medium
- 95 x 160 cm
- 12,000(incl. GST)
- GT001907
- Tingari
- Medium
- 125 x 140 cm cm
- 16,500(incl. GST)
- GT000400
- Tingari
- This painting is Sold
- Large
- 100 x 200 cm
- 25,000(incl. GST)
- GT000908
- Tingari
- X-Large
- 202 x 338 cm
- P.O.A
- GT002307
- Tingari
- This painting is Sold
- Large
- 100 x 200 cm
- 25,000(incl. GST)
- GT00807