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Billy Stockman was an infant survivor of the 1928 Coniston Massacre. His mother and a brother were shot by Constable Murray's revenge party: 'All the people were running. I was a little one in a coolamon. My mother put me under a bush… They killed my mother.' (Vivien Johnson, 2008)

Billy Stockman was born at Ilpitirri near Mt Dennison, north-west of Yuendumu, the year before the Coniston Massacre savaged his family. He was rescued as an infant and raised by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's parents and grew up on Napperby Station, where as his name clearly states, he worked as a stockman. In about 1955 he moved to Haasts Bluff where he married a daughter of Uta Uta Tjangala's brother.

Like Kaapa Tjampitjinpa and Clifford Possum, Billy Stockman was a wood carver before he became a leading figure in the first few years of the painting movement. Together with Kaapa, Long Jack Phillipus and others, he participated in the painting of the Honey Ant Mural and he was one of the most enthusiastic artists in the Men's Painting Room. He painted Yam, Wallaby, Budgerigar, Spider, Rainbow and Water Dreamings and was one of the first to begin painting large-scale canvases.

Billy Stockman served as chairman of Papunya Tula Artists from 1976–1977 and as a member of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council from 1975–1979. He represented Papunya Tula Artists on several international cultural exchange projects and also travelled to New York in 1988 for the opening of Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia. He has now retired from painting and lives at Hetti Perkins Home for the Aged in Alice Springs.

Biography *Sotheby's* *sold* *Billy Stockman painting* 'Yala Dreaming' for $200,500 *29/06/1998.* *Billy Stockman* is Internationally renown *and* one of Australia's most exceptional artists and one of the legendary founders responsible for of Aboriginal Art Movement from 1970's. *Encyclopaedia Aboriginal Artists page 376*.
Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Hunting Dreaming 98 x 73 cm Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen Buy Now Price: $49,500	Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Hunting Dreaming 95 x 68 cm *Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen* Buy Now Price: $58,000 **illustrated The Tjulkurra**	Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Yala Dreaming 1971 55 x 46 cm Synthetic Polymer on canvas Sotheby's SOLD $200,500
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Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Biography RETURN TOP Australian National Gallery of Victoria - The record price $200,500 was paid for Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Wild Potato (Yale) Dreaming 1971, Sotheby's Melbourne, 29 June 1998. Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri (Anmatyerr born c. 1927) Billy Stockman was an infant survivor of the 1928 Coniston Massacre. His mother and a brother were shot by Constable Murray's revenge party: 'All the people were running. I was a little one in a coolamon. My mother put me under a bush… They killed my mother.' (Vivien Johnson, 2008) Billy Stockman was born at Ilpitirri near Mt Dennison, north-west of Yuendumu, the year before the Coniston Massacre savaged his family. He was rescued as an infant and raised by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's parents and grew up on Napperby Station, where as his name clearly states, he worked as a stockman. In about 1955 he moved to Haasts Bluff where he married a daughter of Uta Uta Tjangala's brother. Like Kaapa Tjampitjinpa and Clifford Possum, Billy Stockman was a wood carver before he became a leading figure in the first few years of the painting movement. Together with Kaapa, Long Jack Phillipus and others, he participated in the painting of the Honey Ant Mural and he was one of the most enthusiastic artists in the Men's Painting Room. He painted Yam, Wallaby, Budgerigar, Spider, Rainbow and Water Dreamings and was one of the first to begin painting large-scale canvases. Billy Stockman served as chairman of Papunya Tula Artists from 1976–1977 and as a member of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council from 1975–1979. He represented Papunya Tula Artists on several international cultural exchange projects and also travelled to New York in 1988 for the opening of Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia. He has now retired from painting and lives at Hetti Perkins Home for the Aged in Alice Springs. Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri see page 376 Australian Encyclopaedia Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies by Kreczmanski and Birnberg 2004. Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri is one of the legendary founders and the greatest Masters of the seminal ‘art mob’ responsible for the Aboriginal art movement from the early 1970’s at Papunya *Billy Stockman paintings provide a link with the historic moment at Papunya and 60 thousand years sacred Aboriginal Dreamings.* *Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri* *(b c.1927 at Ilpitirri near Mount Denison) is one of Australia's best-known artists of the Western Desert Art Movement, or Papunya Tula. His mother was killed in the Coniston Massacre in 1928; his father was away from the camp hunting and survived. Billy was raised on Napperby Station by his auntie, the mother of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. In the 1960s he was working as a cook at Papunya when many of the Pintupi people were brought in from the west. Like Clifford he began his artistic career carving wooden animals for the arts and crafts marketplace. He is credited with being one of the men who painted the Honey Ant Dreaming on the wall of the Papunya School at Geoff Bardon's request. He was, in the '70s, one of the first chairmen of Papunya Tula Pty Ltd. Billy Stockman* later moved west to Ilili, a pioneer in the country camp movement, although in his later years he has spent much time in Alice Springs. He travelled to New York in 1988 for the opening of the "Dreamings" show at the Asia Society and, along with Michael Nelson Jagamarra, created a sand painting as part of the exhibition. Billy Stockman is an old master and one of the most celebrated artists with renowned International reputation. His work is widely collected in Australia and internationally. As a founder of the Contemporary Art Movement and as a senior custodian of his land and dreaming stories, Billy has been active in communicating his traditional beliefs to the outside world. Billy's work has been seen around the world in several traveling exhibitions, as well as being featured in many Galleries and Collections through out Australia. *Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri, a proud man from the Anmatyerre people in Central Australia.* *In 1988* *Billy Stockman* was involved with the opening and exhibited in New York for the "Dreamings: Art of Aboriginal Australia'. This exhibition traveled to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the 'All Black Festival' in South Africa. *National Gallery of Australia in Canberra has acquired* *Billy Stockman* *painting as well as the New South Wales Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, University of Western Australia Anthropology Museum.* Known as one of Australia's most exceptional artists, Billy Stockman Japaltjarri, through his paintings, is able to promote Aboriginal culture throughout the world helping to develop the resurgence of the Dreaming as well as a healthy economic base for the Aboriginal communities. Connections Anmatyerr Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri Kaapa Tjampitjinpa Honey Ant Mural Focusing on the spiritual content of Aboriginal society Billy is able to incorporate this strong foundation with a modern definition for all to understand and benefit from. It is important that the spirit of Jukurrpa is revived to aid in the healing of the entire planet. A proud family man Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri is from the Anmatyerre people in Central Australia. Billy Stockman was one of the original stockmen and founders of the Papunya community in the Central Desert. His role in this community varied from a cook to helping the Pintupi people settle in to community life, then as one of the founders of the aboriginal art movement in 1971. In 1971 Geoffrey Bardon a white school teacher assigned to the Papunya School began a project of painting a mural using the aboriginal colors and traditional iconography. Along with three other artists, Billy Stockman, took over the project which became the first piece of Central Desert Art to be exhibited. This painting represented the "Honey Ant Dreaming". These artists held vitally important tribal positions and were instrumental in the instruction of young Aboriginal men. Instead of imposing European notions of perspective on their paintings, the men used the existing system of desert culture symbols to depict their dreamings and their relationship with the land. This was an experiment which had staggering results. This genesis of the contemporary art movement empowered a renewed sense of pride and cultural identity among the Aboriginal people of the region. Billy Stockman soon emerged as one of the most prolific and important artists of his time. *Internationally renown, Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri* is one of Australia's most exceptional artists and one of the legendary founders responsible for of Aboriginal Art Movement from 1970's. Billy Stockman work, sprung from the world's oldest continuous culture, still stands alone and its very essence is one of intrinsic spirituality. The powerful and heroic dreaming symbols of his paintings are charged with authority and religious knowledge. The ebullient texture of his work is anchored by a metaphysical core and a deep affinity with the land. As a founder of the Contemporary Art Movement and as a senior custodian of his land and dreaming stories, Billy has been active in communicating his traditional beliefs to the outside world. Billy's work has been seen around the world in many traveling exhibitions, as well as being featured in many Galleries and Collections through out Australia. In 1988 he was involved with the opening and exhibited in New York for the "Dreamings: Art of Aboriginal Australia'. This exhibition traveled to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the 'All Black Festival' in South Africa. In recent years the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra has acquired his painting as well as the New South Wales Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, University of WA Anthropology Museum. Known as one of Australia's most exceptional artists, Billy Stockman Japaltjarri, through his paintings, is able to promote Aboriginal culture throughout the world helping to develop the resurgence of the Dreaming as well as a healthy economic base for the Aboriginal communities. It is important that the spirit of Jukurrpa is revived to aid in the healing of the entire planet. Focusing on the spiritual content of Aboriginal society Billy is able to incorporate this strong foundation with a modern definition for all to understand and benefit from. Collections: National Art Gallery of New Zealand http://www.aaia.com.au/stockman.htm Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Artbank Sydney National Gallery of Australia Canberra Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Darwin; Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; Christensen Collection held Museum of Victoria Melbourne Flinders University Art Museum Adelaide Australian Department of Archaeology and Anthropology: National University, Canberra Australian Qantas Collection; Donald Kahn collection Museum of Victoria Melbourne Campbelltown City Art Gallery; South Australian Museum Adelaide The Kelton Foundation Santa Monica USA Holmes a' Court Collection Perth corporate and private collectors throughout the world.** Exhibitions: 1971, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Western Australia; 1974, Anvil Art Gallery, Albury, New South Wales; 1977, Nigerian Festival, Lagos, Nigeria; 1977, Christ College, Oakleigh, Victoria; 1982, Georges Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria; 1983, Mori Gallery, Sydney; 1984, Anvil Art Gallery, Albury, New South Wales; 1985, Dot and Circle, a retrospective survey of the Aboriginal acrylic; paintings of Central Australia, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Melbourne; 1985, The Face of the Centre: Papunya Tula Paintings; 1971-1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 1987, A selection of Aboriginal Art owned by the ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian Capital Territory; 1988, The Inspired Dream, Life as art in Aboriginal Australia, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and touring internationally; 1989, A selection of Aboriginal Art owned by the ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian Capital Territory; 1991, Alice to Penzance, The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London; 1991, Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA; 1991, Canvas and Bark, South Australian Museum, Adelaide; 1991, The Painted Dream: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from the Tim and Vivien Johnson Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery; 1991, Te Whare Taonga o Aoteroa National Art Gallery, New Zealand; 1992, Tjukurrpa, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel; 1993, Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia; 1993, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Western Australia; 1994, Dreamings - Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert; The Donald Kahn collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich Select Bibliography: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn; 1991 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA Bardon, G., 1979, Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert, Rigby, Adelaide. (C) Berndt, R. M. and Berndt, C. H. with Stanton, J., 1982 Aboriginal Australian Art, a Visual Perspective, Methuen Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney Brody, A., 1985, The face of the centre: Papunya Tula paintings 1971-1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Bardon, G., 1991, Papunya Tula Art of the Western Desert McPhee Gribble, Ringwood, Victoria. (C) Caruana, W., 1993, Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London. (C) Isaacs, J., 1989, Australian Aboriginal Paintings, Weldon Publishing, New South Wales Johnson, V., 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists Craftsman House, East Roseville, New South Wales. (C) Maughan, J., and Zimmer, J., (eds), 1986, Dot and Circle, a Retrospective Survey of the Aboriginal Acrylic Paintings of Central Australia, exhib. cat., Communication Services Unit Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne. (C) Schulz, D., 1994, Lines from the Dreamtime, The Australian Way, Qantas in flight magazine, May 1994 West, M.K.C., (ed.), 1988, The Inspired Dream, Life as art in Aboriginal Australia, exhib. cat., Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane 1993, Tjukurrpa Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia (1971-1993), exhibition cat., Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth RETURN TOP
Yala (Wild Potato) Dreaming 1971 Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Anmatyerr born c.1927 synthetic polymer paint on composition board Size 54.5 x 46 cm Sotheby's SOLD for $200,500 29/06/1998 Collection of Eva and Robert Shaye, USA © artists and their estates 2011, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited and Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd

Hunting Ceremony Mt Liebig 1992 *Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri* *Synthetic Polymer on Belgian linen* *Signed: on reverse* 95 x 68 cm Framed: 123 x 95 cm Framed - Timber with gold leaf and white timber board *Illustrated 'The Tjulkurra' page 30.* Email RETURN TOP**
*The Tjulkurra* **Janusz Kreczmanski page 30 'The Tjulkurra': Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri, ISBN 1-876622-37-7 NOTES: The concentric circle design depict the ceremonial ground designs celebrating The mythology of Hunting at a place in the artist's homeland called Tjikarri Mt Liebig. Mount Liebig is a mountain with an altitude of 1524 m (5000 ft) in the southern part of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is one of the highest peaks of the MacDonnell Ranges and was named by the explorer Ernest Giles after the German chemist Justus von Liebig. Nearby settlements include Haasts Bluff. Notable Indigenous Australians who have lived in the region of Mount Liebig include Indigenous artist Nora Andy Napaltjarri and Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri. Email RETURN TOP**
*Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri (b.1927-)* Hunting Ceremony 1992 Email RETURN TOP
Hunting Ceremony 1992 Framed Size: 95 x 123 cm *Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri (b.1927-)* *Framed: Timber with gold leaf and white timber board* Email RETURN TOP
The concentric circle are depicting the ceremonial ground designs celebrating Mt Liebig The mythology of Hunting at a place in the artist's homeland called Tjikarri . Mount Liebig is a mountain with an altitude of 1524 m (5000 ft) in the southern part of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is one of the highest peaks of the MacDonnell Ranges and was named by the explorer Ernest Giles after the German chemist Justus von Liebig. Nearby settlements include Haasts Bluff. Notable Indigenous Australians who have lived in the region of Mount Liebig include Indigenous artist Nora Andy Napaltjarri and Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri.

*Hunting Ceremony Mt Liebig 1995* *Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri* *Synthetic Polymer on Belgian linen* *Signed: on reverse* 98 x 73 cm Framed: 128 x 100 cm Timber with gold leaf and white timber board Email RETURN TOP
The concentric circle are depicting the ceremonial ground designs celebrating Mt Liebig The mythology of Hunting at a place in the artist's homeland called Tjikarri . Mount Liebig is a mountain with an altitude of 1524 m (5000 ft) in the southern part of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is one of the highest peaks of the MacDonnell Ranges and was named by the explorer Ernest Giles after the German chemist Justus von Liebig. Nearby settlements include Haasts Bluff. Notable Indigenous Australians who have lived in the region of Mount Liebig include Indigenous artist Nora Andy Napaltjarri and Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri. Email RETURN TOP
*Hunting 1995 Framed size: 128 x 100 cm* *Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri (b.1927-)* *Framed: Timber with gold leaf and white timber board* Email RETURN TOP
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