Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Aboriginal Australian artist (1910–1996)

Emily Kame Kngwarreye, also spelled Emily Kam Kngwarray, (c. 1910 – 1996) was an Aboriginal Australian (Anmatyerr) artist from Alhalker, in the Sandover region of the Northern Territory. Kngwarreye's unique style and powerful creative vision came to redefine contemporary Aboriginal art and gained worldwide attention. One of the world's most significant contemporary painters to emerge in the twentieth century, Kngwarreye practised in batik and painting on canvas, creating art that embodied her detailed knowledge of the places she lived in throughout her life.

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