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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. |
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![]() 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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Biography William Sandy page 337 Australian Encyclopedia Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies.
AWARDS: 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 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:
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.
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Winter Bush Bean CeremonyWilliam Sandy born 1944 Acrylic on Belgian linen
158 x 125 cm
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Autumn Bush Bean Ceremony 2001William Sandy born 1944 Acrylic on Belgian linen
155 x 155
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![]() Bean Ceremony -
triptych
circa 2001William Sandy born 1944
Acrylic
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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. |
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