Kaapa Tjampitjinpa's father was Kwalapa Tjangala, a senior Aboriginal man who had ritual responsibility for a site known as Warlugulong, which would subsequently be portrayed by several different artists in major paintings such as Warlugulong and Warlugulong.
11 Facts About Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa was initiated on Napperby Station, and was a stockman at nearby Mount Riddock Station.
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa was not as tall as many of the Anmatjira Aranda but he was very quick to see what others might not see at all.
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa was very bright, but very down to earth as well, an extraordinary survivor in a despairing environment.
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Husband to artist Eunice Napangati, Kaapa was brother to artist Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa.
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For many years prior to the 1970s, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa had been using traditional designs to create works of art for sale.
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa's paintings were probably the earliest to come out of Papunya and the art movement that subsequently made the settlement famous.
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When, in 1972, the artists of Papunya decided to found a company to market their works, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa was its inaugural chairman.
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa played a role in spreading the movement to Yuendumu.
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa is widely credited as a founder, and sometimes the pivotal figure, in the establishment of contemporary Indigenous Australian art.
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Three paintings by Kaapa Tjampitjinpa have been listed on Australia's Movable Cultural Heritage Prohibited Exports Register.