Narritjin Maymuru

Narritjin Maymuru (died 1981) was a Yolngu people artist and activist noted for Bark painting. He began painting in the 1940s after time as a cook. After decades of work in 1979 he, and his son, became visiting artists at the Australian National University. HIs daughter Galuma Maymuru has become recognised as a significant Australian artist.

Narritjin Maymuru
Borncirca 1916 (1916)
Died1981 (aged 64–65)
Other namesNaradin, Ngaradjin, Naritjun, Narrachin, Narratchin, Naratzin, Maymurru, Maymaru, Maymary
Known forBark painting

He died of a heart attack in 1981.[1] His time in Canberra became the subject of a documentary film by Ian Dunlop titled Narritjin in Canberra.[2]

References
  1. Ancestral Connections: Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge by Howard Morphy, pgs 30-38
  2. The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland


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