Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

E350102

Australian Aboriginal artist artist person

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was a pioneering Australian Aboriginal artist whose large-scale, intricately patterned paintings played a key role in bringing Western Desert art to international prominence.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri canonical	4

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Aboriginal artist ⓘ artist ⓘ person ⓘ
artisticInnovation	expansion of scale in Western Desert painting ⓘ integration of multiple Dreamings in single compositions ⓘ
artisticLegacy	major influence on contemporary Indigenous Australian art ⓘ
artisticRegion	Western Desert region ⓘ surface form: Western Desert
associatedWith	Western Desert art ⓘ surface form: Central Desert art Papunya Tula paintings ⓘ surface form: Papunya Tula art movement Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ surface form: Western Desert cultural traditions
contributedTo	international prominence of Western Desert art ⓘ
countryOfActivity	Australia ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Indigenous Australian ⓘ
culturalIdentity	Aboriginal Australians ⓘ surface form: First Nations Australian
culturalRole	custodian of Dreaming narratives ⓘ
ethnicity	Aboriginal Australian ⓘ
familyName	Tjapaltjarri ⓘ
field	painting ⓘ
genre	Aboriginal art ⓘ
givenName	Clifford ⓘ
impact	broadened recognition of Western Desert iconography ⓘ helped establish Aboriginal art in the international art market ⓘ
influenced	later generations of Western Desert artists ⓘ
knownFor	complex multi-panel compositions ⓘ detailed depictions of Dreaming stories ⓘ
languageGroup	Anmatyerre ⓘ
medium	acrylic on canvas ⓘ
movement	Western Desert art ⓘ
name	Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri self-link ⓘ
nationality	Australian ⓘ
notableFor	intricately patterned paintings ⓘ large-scale paintings ⓘ pioneering role in Western Desert art ⓘ
occupation	painter ⓘ
recognition	internationally exhibited artist ⓘ key figure in Australian art history ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Central Australia ⓘ
role	pioneer of contemporary Aboriginal painting ⓘ
style	dot painting ⓘ narrative mapping of country ⓘ
subjectMatter	Dreaming tracks ⓘ ancestral stories ⓘ country and landscape ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Papunya Tula paintings → notableArtist → Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri ⓘ

Western Desert art → notableArtist → Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri ⓘ

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd → hasNotableArtist → Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri ⓘ

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri → name → Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri self-link ⓘ