PAINTER

Albert Namatjira

1902 - 1959

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Albert Namatjira (pronounced [namacɪra]; born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, he was arguably one of the most famous Indigenous Australians of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Namatjira has received more than 752,729 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Albert Namatjira is the 1,483rd most popular painter (down from 1,428th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Australia (up from 141st in 2019) and the most popular Australian Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Albert Namatjira ranks 1,483 out of 2,023. Before him are Christian Rohlfs, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Domenico di Bartolo, and Martinus Rørbye. After him are Christian Albrecht Jensen, Ivan Marchuk, Eugen Schüfftan, Luc-Olivier Merson, Vadym Meller, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Albert Namatjira ranks 198. Before him are Eva May, Ida Siekmann, David Arellano, Juan José Tramutola, George Kingsley Zipf, and Veniamin Kaverin. After him are Yakov Smushkevich, José Miró Cardona, Kim Sowol, Yevgeny Petrov, Dirk Brouwer, and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. Among people deceased in 1959, Albert Namatjira ranks 111. Before him are Max Gerson, Carl Enckell, William D. Leahy, Lipót Fejér, Kathryn Adams, and William J. Donovan. After him are Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Heleno de Freitas, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Edmund Goulding, Pierre Frieden, and Charles Starkweather.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Albert Namatjira ranks 130 out of 1,143. Before him are John Flanagan (1944), John Farrow (1904), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), John Williams (1941), Raewyn Connell (1944), and Yagan (1800). After him are Russell Mulcahy (1953), James Wolfensohn (1933), Bill Hayden (1933), Joan Lindsay (1896), Peter Scully (1963), and Radha Mitchell (1973).

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Among PAINTERS In Australia

Among painters born in Australia, Albert Namatjira ranks 1. After him are Sidney Nolan (1917), John Russell (1858), Arthur Streeton (1867), and Frederick McCubbin (1855).

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