Artist: Rover Joolama Thomas | Title: Bedford Hills | Year: 1995 | Medium: earth pigments and archival binder on linen | Dimensions: 87 x 114 cm
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Commissioned by Helen Loveridge at Warmun Pensioner Unit, 1995
Outback Alive Cat No. OA1395
Private Collection, Melbourne
signed verso with COA
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Kukatja
BIOGRAPHY
Acclaimed as a cultural leader and the seminal figure in establishing the East Kimberley School, Rover Thomas is, according to almost every empirical measure, the most influential Aboriginal artist in the history of this movement. Yet, had he become an artist in his Walmatjarri-Kukaja traditional country, near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route, his art would have doubtlessly developed along completely different lines, assuming he’d had the opportunity to paint at all… Continue Reading
PRICE
SOLD
PROVENANCE
Commissioned by Helen Loveridge at Warmun Pensioner Unit, 1995
Outback Alive Cat No. OA1395
Private Collection, Melbourne
signed verso with COA
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Kukatja
BIOGRAPHY
Acclaimed as a cultural leader and the seminal figure in establishing the East Kimberley School, Rover Thomas is, according to almost every empirical measure, the most influential Aboriginal artist in the history of this movement. Yet, had he become an artist in his Walmatjarri-Kukaja traditional country, near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route, his art would have doubtlessly developed along completely different lines, assuming he’d had the opportunity to paint at all… Continue Reading
