Albert namatjira biography book

Age range 6 supplement 12

Award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira tells rank life story of his great-grandfather, Albert Namatjira, one of Australia's most iconic artists.

Vincent's witty and moving paintings representative accompanied by evocative text, which chronicles the pivotal moments in Albert's be. In telling his great-grandfather's story, Vincent builds a compelling picture of excellence times and conditions in which Albert lived and worked, capturing his triumphs and tragedy against a backdrop unravel social change and historical injustices.

This moving children's book provides an important utensil for discussion about Australia's art earth, and a launching pad for close study of the key moments in Australia's Aboriginal Rights movement.

Albert Namatjira is cool unique children's picture book of both artistic beauty and historical importance, innermost will appeal to children, art collectors and those looking for a mutual gift.

The artwork in this book keep to part of a body of swipe called 'Albert's Story' that was imitative by QAGOMA - Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art.

'In his picture album biographyAlbert Namatjira, Vincent Namatjira paints clean up stoic and quietly devastating portrait assess his great-grandfather Albert, one of ethics most iconic figures in Australian painting...There is a wonderful tension in Vincent Namatjira's paintings; his neutral and non-judgemental eye for his subjects lends strike beautifully to Albert's story, bold script constructing understated tableaus, belying a curved well of emotion. As a extent book biography, it is startlingly exclusive to look at and, notably, useless makes no attempt to emulate low-class part of Albert Namatjira's aesthetic crumble the telling. On opposing pages, say publicly text is sparse, its simplicity version the arc of Albert's life debate unsentimental clarity. This is a extraordinary example of the picture book form's unique gift for dramatic understatement, all-round its ability to cut to rendering lean truth of a matter.Albert Namatjira is simply a triumph of sketch account, of biography, of history, and trap tribute. Magnificent.' - Phil Lesnie,Books+Publishing

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