Judy napangardi watson biography of donald
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Judy napangardi watson biography of donald
Judy Napangardi Watson
Contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from Yuendumu, Northern Territory
This article is about an Aboriginal Australian artist (c. 1925–2016). For the Aboriginal artist born in 1959, see Judy Watson.
Judy Napangardi Watson (c. 1925–2016), also known as Judy Watson Napangardi[1] and Kumanjayi Napangardi Watson,[2] was an Aboriginal Australian and a senior female painter from the Yuendumu community in the Northern Territory, Australia.[3]
Life
Judy was born around 1925[1] at Yarungkanji on Mount Doreen Station.
Her people, the Warlpiri, were living a traditional nomadic life at that time. They frequently made long journeys by foot to their ancestral country on the border of the Tanami and Gibson Deserts, and lived at Mina Mina and Yingipurlangu at different times.[3]
She had ten children.[3]
She died at Yuendumu on 17 May 2016.[4]
Work
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