{"product_id":"9781922146687","title":"Battarbee and Namatjira","description":"Author: Martin Edmond\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922146687\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattarbee and Namatjira\u003c\/i\u003e is the biography of two artists Rex Battarbee and Albert Namatjira, one white Australian from Warrnambool in Victoria, the other Aboriginal, of the Arrernte people, from the Hermannsburg Mission south of Alice Springs. From their first encounters in the early 1930s, when Battarbee introduced Namatjira to the techniques of water-colour painting, through the period of Namatjira's popularity as a painter, to the tragic circumstances leading to his death in 1959, their close relationship was to have a decisive impact on Australian art.\u0026amp;nbsp;This biography, illustrated with photographs, makes extensive use of Battarbee's diaries for the first time, to throw new light on Namatjira's life, and to bring Battarbee, who has been largely ignored by biographers, back into focus. Some of its findings will be controversial. By moving between the artists and their backgrounds, and looking closely at the nature of their friendship, Edmond is able to portray the personal and social complexities the two men faced, while at the same time illuminating larger cultural themes  the treatment of the Arrernte and Indigenous people generally, the influence of the Lutheran church, the development of anthropology, and the evolution of Australian art.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out more by watching Martin Edmund's short video series on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/104373973\"\u003eAlbert Namatjira's early work\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/104372257\"\u003eRex Battarbee\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/104369884\"\u003eAlbert Namatjira\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattarbee and Namatjira\u003c\/i\u003e has been reviewed on ABC Radio National's\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au%20adionational\/programs\/weekendarts\/bn1\/5888338\"\u003eWeekends Arts\u003c\/a\u003e program and \u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au%20adionational\/programs\/booksandartsdaily\/battarbee-and-namatjira\/5900440\"\u003eBooks and Arts Daily\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861498843294,"sku":"ADS-9781922146687","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922146687.jpg?v=1779252920","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922146687","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}