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William Sandy (b.1944) paintings

Biography William Sandy *is a famous international artist and the first of the Pitjantjatjara involved in art movement* *started to paint in 1975 and from the early 1980s, he began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists* and Warumpi Community Arts the first Aboriginal operated art gallery.
William Sandy born 1944 Bush Bean Ceremony Acrylic on Belgian linen 158 x 125 cm Buy Now $8,800	William Sandy born 1944 Bean Ceremony 2001 Acrylic on Belgian linen 155 x 155 cm Buy Now *Price: $9,900*	William Sandy born 1944 Bean Ceremony triptych 2001 Acrylic on Belgian linen 158cm x 3 x 76 cm framed Buy Now Price: $15,500
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*William Sandy Biography* RETURN TOP Biography William Sandy page 337 Australian Encyclopedia Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies. William Sandy *is an international artist and the first of the Pitjantjatjara involved in the Aboriginal art movement. William Sandy started to paint in 1975 and from the early 1980s, he began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists* and Warumpi Community Arts the first Aboriginal operated art gallery. AWARDS: 1985 Northern Territory Art Award, Darwin Many of the artists who started the Aboriginal art movement like Billy Stockman, Long Jack Phillipus are old or have passed away and the younger generation is learning western customs. Today Aboriginal Australians live and work around the world, from Papunya to London, from Arnhem Land to New York. It is the last chance that anyone on this planet can acquire an authentic painting with impeccable provenance by one of the important artists we still have for sell. COLLECTIONS Art Gallery Western Australia Art Gallery of South Australia National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Art Bank, Sydney National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Homes a Court Collection, Perth Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Kelton Foundation USA Donald Kahn Collection USA Aboriginal Art Galleries Australia John Weber Gallery New York Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo Mexicoo Isaacs Gallery Toronto Lowe Art Museum University, Miami Araluen Centre Northern Territory Australia IBM Kawasaki Gallery Japan Embassy Australia Washington Grand Hyatt London and Jakarta Donald Khan Collection USA Groninger Museum Groninger Holland Oxford University England Broken Hill Art Gallery Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Queensland University William Sandy work was exhibited in the 'Dreamings' show which toured the USA in 1988 - 89, and in the subsequent show of Papunya Tula Artists at the John Weber Gallery in New York. He had a solo exhibition in 1990 at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, and the Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne 1994-95-96-97-98 . Grand Hyatt, Jakarta 1992, London 1993, Sydney 1994-95-96-97-98, , Australian Embassy Washington and New York 1999. William's wife, Violet Nakamarra, has also painted occasionally since the early '80's. William Sandy has stopped other employment to painting since the early '80's when he began painting full-time for Galleries including Papunya Tula Artists group and the Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery in Alice Springs. In 1985 he won the Australian North Territory Art Award. EXHIBITIONS: 1982 Georges Exhibition, Melbourne; 1983 Mori Gallery, Sydney; 1985 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Melbourne; 1986 Queensland University, Brisbane; 1988 Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery; 1988 - 1989 "Dreaming" Exhibition which toured the USA; 1989 John Weber Gallery, New York, USA; 1989 Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico; 1990 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, Canada; 1990 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; 1990 Wagga Wagga Art Gallery; 1991 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA; 1992 IBM - Kawasaki City Gallery, Kawasaki, Japan; 1993 Chapman Gallery, Canberra; 1997 Manningham Art Space, Melbourne; 1999, 2000 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne; 1999, 2000 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne; 1999 Embassy of Australia, Washington, USA; 2003 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne; Lowe Art Museum University of Miami USA, IBM Kawasaki City Gallery Japan, John Weber Gallery New York USA, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo Mexico City,Traveling exhibition USA, Wollongong City Art Gallery, Isaac Gallery Toronto Canada, National Gallery of Victoria, Embassy of Australian Washington, Mori Gallery Sydney, Wagga-Wagga City Art Gallery, Georges Exhibition Melbourne, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi Melbourne, Aboriginal Art Gallery Melbourne, Queensland University Brisbane, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Araluen Centre Alice Springs, Chapmen Gallery Canberra, Manningnham Art Space Melbourne, Chapel of Chapel Gallery Melbourne. William Sandy was born circa 1944 near Ernabella in South Australia. William Sandy has lived in Areyonga and Haasts Bluff in Papunya, since 1973, with his family where he began painting in 1975. William moved to Papunya in 1973 and two years later did his first painting for Papunya Tula Artists, after teaching himself to paint by watching the older artists. At Papunya he married Violet Nakamarra, Michael Nelson Jagamarra’s sister. They have four children. William Sandy was the first of the Pitjantjatjara involved in the contemporary art movement. William Sandy is also a very knowledgeable, traditional medicine man. Kunapi, far to the south of Papunya out towards Docker River, is his country from his grandmother and mothers side. William Sandy grew up walking around these places - and further north around Hermannsburg, Areyonga and Haasts Bluff. Eventually the family settled at Ernabella, where William attended the mission school. From here William Sandy came to Papunya in 1973 and married Violet Nakamarra, sister of Michael NELSON Jagamarra. They have four children, a boy and three girls, one adopted. From the time of his arrival in Papunya settlement, William worked for the Papunya Council. He is married to Violet Nakamarra, the sister of Michael Nelson Jakamarra. Some of his subjects are dingo, emu, women and green bean. William Sandy is also a very knowledgeable, traditional medicine man. From the late '80's, he and his wife have been health workers with the Papunya Medical Service. William Sandy paints Dingo, Emu, Woman, Green Bean and other Dreaming stories for his country. Literature 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 RETURN TOP**
Winter Bush Bean Ceremony William Sandy born 1944 Acrylic on Belgian linen 158 x 125 cm framed 178 x 145 cm RETURN TOP

Autumn Bush Bean Ceremony 2001 William Sandy born 1944 Acrylic on Belgian linen 155 x 155 cm Provenance Warumpi Community Art Centre RETURN TOP

Bean Ceremony - triptych circa 2001 William Sandy born 1944 Acrylic on Belgian linen Framed in a contemporary Gold leaf frame 160 by 240 cm Each image: 122 x 42 cm Provenance Warumpi Community Art Centre RETURN TOP
Warumpi Community Art Centre RETURN TOP Warumpi Community Art Centre in Alice Springs was the first Art Centers operated fully by Aboriginal artists. Many of painters who started the Aboriginal art movement like Billy Stockman, Long Jack Phillipus and also, William Sandy are old or have passed away and the younger generation is learning western customs. Today Aboriginal Australians live and work around the world, from Papunya to London, from Arnhem Land to New York. It is the last chance that anyone on this planet can acquire an authentic painting with impeccable provenance by one of the important artists we still have for sell. RETURN TOP
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