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Photo: Ronnie Tjampitjinpa born circa 1943. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa is one of Australia’s most important living Aboriginal artists amongst the first wave of artists effectively linking ancient stories with modern mediums. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa's work is represented in many public galleries and private collections in Australia, including the Australian National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, all Australian State galleries and outside Australia in many private and public collections."King of Kintore", Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-2023) is renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, one of the most influential artists in the Papunya Tula movement.  He has been painting in Papunya Tula during the 1970s, then in commercial art galleries in Sydney and Melbourne throughout the 1980s with many successful exhibitions at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi from 1987 to 1990 and around the world. Awards: Alice Springs Art Prize (1988).

Legacy: Musée du Quai Branly Paris, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW, Queensland Art Gallery, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Art Gallery of WA, Art Gallery of SA, Kelton Foundation USA.

Blue-Chip artist, highly valued in the world art market. Tingari Sotheby's New York sold for A$353,169 (2019), Nagarru 2008 Sotheby’s New York sold for $213,054 (2022).

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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa 1943-2023

Tingari Creation Time (2002) Masterwork

Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

72 cm x 115 cm

Framed: 133 cm x 155 cm

Price: $26,000 Inquire About This Work

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-2023) Auction Records

Tingari Creation Time Ceremonies

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist’s name Papunya Tula Artists. catalogue no. RT890931 on reverse, 152 x 180 cm,
Est: US$120,000-180,000,Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 13/12/2019, Lot No. 13 

Sold for A$353,169 | US$243,750 excl. GST

Ngarru, 2008

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RT0802152 on the verso, 183 x 244 cm, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 25/05/2022, Lot No. 89 

Sold for A$213,054 | US$151,200 excl. GST

Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay), 1993

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cataloque number RT930734, 182 x 153 cm

Est: $40,000-60,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian & International Fine Art; Important Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 29/11/2017, Lot No.

Sold for A$151,280 excl. GST

Designs Relating to the Site of Kampurarrpa

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist's name and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RT 9909242 on reverse, 183 x 152 cm, Est: USD50,000-80,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 13/12/2019, Lot No. 21 

Sold for A$90,556 | US$62,500

Two Boys at Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) 1992

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist's name and Papunya Tula artists catalogue number RT920828 on the reverse, 152 x 122 cm,

Est: $30,000-50,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24/06/2002, Lot No. 40 

Sold for  A$79,812 excl. GST

Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) 1993

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears signed artist's name and Papunya Tula catalogue number RT 930734 on the reverse, 183 x 153 cm,

Est: $25,000-35,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26/06/2000, Lot No. 119

Sold for A$63,000 excl. GST

Palkarulkulnga, 2002

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears inscription verso: artist's name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. RT0204077, 122 x 152 cm, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 18/03/2020, Lot No. 17 

Sold for A$58,560 excl. GST

Wild Potato Dreaming at Muyinga, West of Kintore

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist's name, Papunya Tula Artists catalogue no. RT900938 on the reverse, 151 x 182 cm, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26/07/2010, Lot No. 52 

Sold for A$48,000 excl. GST

Moon Dreaming at Maanytja, 1996

Acrylic on linen, 121 x 121 cm, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, New York, 25/05/2022, Lot No. 57 

Sold for A$39,060 | US$27,720 excl. GST

The Kadaitcha Man (Law Enforcer) 1993

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RT930437 on the reverse, 121 x 61 cm, Est: $20,000-30,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 31/07/2006, Lot No. 104 

Sold for A$31,200 excl. GST
 

The Life, Career, and Legacy of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-2023)

Photo: Ronnie Tjampitjinpa born circa 1943. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa is one of Australia’s most important living Aboriginal artists amongst the first wave of artists effectively linking ancient stories with modern mediums. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa's work is represented in many public galleries and private collections in Australia, including the Australian National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, all Australian State galleries and outside Australia in many private and public collections.Ronnie Tjampitjinpa is one of Australia’s most important Aboriginal artists amongst the first wave of artists effectively linking ancient stories with modern mediums. He was as one of the major painters since his earliest involvement with the Central Desert art movement. Australian National Gallery of Victoria Ronnie Tjampitjinpa-Artists-Tjukurrtjanu

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (Pintupi Western Desert)

Australian Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies page 366.

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born around 1943 at Tjiturrunya in the region near Munyinnga about 100km west of the Kintore Ranges in Western Australia. Ronnie’s family travelled extensively across Pintupi territory, moving throughout this region and also in the area around Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) which straddles the Western Australia – Northern Territory border. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was initiated into Aboriginal Law at Yumari, near his birthplace. After prolonged droughts in the 1950s, Ronnie moved with his family, first to Haasts Bluff, then to Papunya. Over the years, moving between Aboriginal communities station, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa talked to many people about returning to traditional lands, a move which was made possible with the establishment of Kintore (Walungurru).

His works first appeared in Papunya Tula exhibitions during the 1970s, he emerged as one of Papunya Tula Artists’ major painters. Later in commercial art galleries in Sydney and Melbourne throughout the 1980s. He won the Alice Springs Art Prize in 1988 and this was followed by successive major solo exhibitions at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in 1989 and 1990. Ronnie linear works which first appeared in the mid-1990s, with their traditional content, the overall shimmer he effects with seemingly minimal application radiates the artist's authority and self-assuredness.

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was one of the Pintupi men who gathered on the verandah of Geoffrey Bardon's flat before joining others in the Men's Painting Room and producing works that sometimes disclose aspects of men's ritual.

Ronnie has exhibited extensively throughout the world and is included in all major Australian and international art collections. Ronnie exhibited extensively throughout the world and is included in all major Australian and international art collection.

In Australian Aboriginal culture "Tingari" refers to the Dreamtime associated with the Earth Creation Time a timeless period when 'beings' created the Earth. The Tingari Dreaming is a central element in the Aboriginal believes of the Earth creation time. The Tingari Dreaming is the time when ancestral beings with supernatural powers roamed the earth, created Earth landscape and life. Earth land has the spiritual power of the ancestral beings, making it a living entity and sacred. During the Creation time, Ancestral beings created the natural world and shaping Earth landscapes. The Tingari's actions and travels also established the laws and beliefs that guide Aboriginal communities. The Tingari stories have Spiritual Significance, connecting humans to the land and establish their spiritual "health". Their journeys are embodied in song cycles and form the basis of sacred laws and social structures. There is a mysterious, entrancing nature to Ronnie Tjampitjinpa paintings, where time and place are melded in the eternal stories of his Dreaming.

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa works follow the Pintupi style, which depicts dreamtime and the landscape by joining together strong circles with connecting lines: a repetition of forms, which are geometric, bold, and pigments which are often restricted to the four basic colours of black, red, yellow and white, although Ronnie also experiments with other colours. The primary imagery in his work are based on the Tingari Cycle which is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated Pintupi men. The Tingari are Ancestral Beings who, in the Creation Era, travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa’s art consistently reflects his direct ties with his culture and he can be considered amongst the first wave of artists effectively linking these ancient stories with modern mediums.

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa family traveled extensively across Pintupi territory, moving through this region and also around Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) which straddles the Western Australia - Northern Territory border.

 Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and his younger brother Smithy Zimran

Ronnie and his younger brother Smithy Zimran came in from the bush at Yuendumu and later joined their relatives in Papunya, where he worked for a while as a labourer.

COLLECTIONS

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa's work is held in many public collections including

Australian National Gallery of Victoria

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie Paris musée

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Art Gallery of South Australia

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Homes a Court collection

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Queensland Art Gallery

National Museum of Australia

Art Bank Sydney

National Gallery of Victoria

Campbelltown Arts Centre - Campbelltown City Council

Donald Kahn Collection

Lowe Art Museum USA

University of Miami

Araluen Arts Centre - Northern Territory

The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Michael Hollow and countless private and corporate collections around the world
 

Selected Exhibitions

1983 Mori Gallery, Sydney NSW
1986 Roar Studios, Melbourne VIC
1987 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne VIC
1998 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne VIC
1990 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne VIC
1990 Paintings from the Desert, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart TAS
1990 The 7th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition,, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1990 National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome Italy
1991 The 8th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition,, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
1991 Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami USA
1991 Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert, Union of Soviet Artists Gallery, Moscow Russia
1991 Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert, Museum of Ethnographic Art, St Petersburg, Russia
1992 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Alice Springs NT
1992 The 9th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition,, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1993 Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Kung Gubunga, Oasis Gallery, Broadbeach QLD
1993 Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia
1993 (1971-1993) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Alice Springs NT
1994 Dreamings Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert
1994 The Donald Kahn collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
1994 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Alice Springs NT
1994 The 11th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition,, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1994 Australian heritage Commission National & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Old Parliament House, Canberra
1994 Power of the Land, Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC
1994 Yiribana, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW
2001 Sand, Spinifex and Salt, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2004 Travels of the Tingari – New Pintupi Works of the Western Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2011 In Black and White, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2013 Landmarks and Law Grounds: Men’s Painting, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
 

Literature Source & Further References

Australian Aboriginal Artist dictionary of biographies Kreczmanski, Janusz B and Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert and Kimberley Region JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004.

Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994

The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000

Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004

Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody

A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database, Latz, P. 1995, Bushfires & Bushtucker, IAD Press, Alice Springs

Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody

Amadio, N. und Kimber, R., Wildbird Dreaming. Aboriginal Art from the Central Deserts of Australia, Greenhouse Publ., Melbourne 1988; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland 1990, Ausst. Kat.; Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Hrsg.), 1991, Ausst. Kat.; Droombeelden - Tjukurrpa. Groninger Museum (Hrsg.), Groningen 1995, Ausst. Kat.; Isaacs, J., Australia´s Living Heritage. Arts of the Dreaming, Lansdowne Press, Sydney 1984; Isaacs, J., Australian Aboriginal Paintings. Lansdowne, Sydney 1989, ISBN 186302011X; Johnson, V., Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert. A Biographical Dictionary, Craftsman House, East Roseville 1994, ISBN 9768097817; Modern Art - Ancient Icon. The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings (Hrsg.), o.O. 1992, ISBN 0646080520; Nangara. The Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection. The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings (Hrsg.), Melbourne 1996, Ausst. Kat.; Stourton, P. Corbally, Songlines and Dreamings. Lund Humphries Publ., London 1996, ISBN 0853316910; The Painted Dream. Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings. Johnson, V. (Hrsg.), Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland 1991, Ausst. Kat.; Tjinytjilpa. The Dotted Design. Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia (Hrsg.), Melbourne 1998, Ausst. Kat.; Traumzeit - Tjukurrpa. Kunst der Aborigines der Western Desert. Die Donald Kahn-Sammlung, Danzker, J.B. (Hrsg.), Prestel, München und New York 1994, Ausst. Kat.; Voices of the Earth. Paintings, Photography and Sculpture from Aboriginal Australia. Gabrielle Pizzi (Hrsg.), Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 1996, Ausst. Kat., ISBN 0646288954.

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