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Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Emily Kame Kngwarreye (c.1910 - 1996) was active/lived in Australia.  Emily Kngwarreye is known for Aboriginal symbolic paintings.

Few contemporary artists have so captured the public's imagination as the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye (sometimes spelled Emily Kam Ngwarray). Born in about 1910 at Alhalkere near Utopia in Central Australia, Emily Kngwarreye first saw white people at the age of about nine. She worked as a stock hand on pastoral properties at a time when Aboriginal women were usually only employed as domestics on the stations and was a respected Eastern Anmatyerre senior Law woman. It is a testament to Emily's extraordinary spirit and character that in the eight years before her death in 1996, she painted a remarkable 3000 paintings on canvas with an undiminished energy that belied her years. In a meteoric rise to fame she came to be internationally acclaimed as Australia's most eminent female artist.

Her pleasure in her late career was evident to all who witnessed her painting. She loved using exuberantly rich and vibrant colours, and her compositions of expressive dots and animated lines were al   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4221 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Emily Kame Kngwarreye

   Emily Kame Kngwarreye  Born:  c.1910 - Alhalkere, Central Australia
Died:   1996
Known for:  Aboriginal symbolic paintings
Name variants:  Emily Kingwarreye, Emily Kam Ngwarray

Few contemporary artists have so captured the public's imagination as the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye (sometimes spelled Emily Kam Ngwarray). Born in about 1910 at Alhalkere near Utopia in Central Australia, Emily Kngwarreye first saw white people at the age of about nine. She worked as a stock hand on pastoral properties at a time when Aboriginal women were usually only employed as domestics on the stations and was a respected Eastern Anmatyerre senior Law woman. It is a testament to Emily's extraordinary spirit and character that in the eight years before her death in 1996, she painted a remarkable 3000 paintings on canvas with an undiminished energy that belied her years. In a meteoric rise to fame she came to be internationally acclaimed  ...  Displaying 750 of 4221 characters.

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