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Paddy Jupurrula Nelson

Paddy Jupurrula Nelson (c. 1919 - c. 1999) was active/lived in Australia.  Paddy Nelson is known for Aboriginal art, dot dreaming designs,collaboration, brilliant coloration.

Following its beginnings at Papunya in the early 1970’s, Western Desert painting spread as the homelands movement saw the setting up of outstations east and south of Lake McKay in the border region between Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Simultaneous to its geographical spread, language groups other than the Pintupi began to paint.

Warlpiri artists at Papunya such as Old Mick Walankari, Charlie Tjupurrula and Two Bob Tjungurrayi, spread news of the art movement to their countrymen in the Tanami desert, and it came to pass that in 1983 Paddy Nelson Tjupurrula and five other elders painted the school doors in the tiny Warlpiri settlement of Yuendumu. This project marked the beginning of the painting movement in that region, just as the Honey Ant Mural had done a decade earlier in Papunya.

The creation of these images also marked the beginning of an art career that would see Paddy Nelson rise to prominence as the most celebrated of the founders of the Warlpiri   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7721 characters.]  Artist bio

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