... an exhibition of their paintings of the Macdonnell Ranges at the Hermannsburg Mission Station in 1934. During the two days it was open, hundreds of Aborigines visited the exhibition. Battarbee returned in 1936, were he took Namatjira into the bush for eight weeks. Battarbee taught Namatjira watercolour techniques, and ... after his first lesson, he exhibited in Melbourne in 1938, and he sold all of his 41 paintings. The National Gallery of South Australia bought one of his paintings in 1939. This was the first watercolour by an Aboriginal to be bought by an Australian Gallery. Watercolo...

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