ITEM CONDITION:               There is a small smudge mark on the sky. We believe that this was done by the artist at the time in which he executed the work. The frame is in excellent condition.

PROVENANCE:                      Exhibited at AboriginalWorks - Sogni a Colori, Geology Museum exhibition space, Predazzo, Italy, August 2007.

                                                  Exhibited at AboriginalWorks - Fra Sogno e Realtà, Trento, Italy, October 2007.

                                                  Image produced on catalogue p. 58-59. This 72 page catalogue will be included with the painting.

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His second name is associated with his fathers totemic site. There are several major native totemic sites to be found in the Mt. Sonder area. One of them is Pa'Eroultja. They later adopted the name of their father's totemic site as their own family name.
The Pareroultja brothers demonstrated a clear divergence in style from Namatjira's. Edwin first found success with a new style. Encouraging other Arrernte artists including his brothers, Otto and Reuben to be more creative in their approach to the Mythological landscape.

As a young man Edwin was physically fit and excelled at all sports especially running. Edwin's remarkable ability as a runner was demonstrated at a Red Cross sports meeting in Alice Springs, 1944. The only runner off scratch Edwin won both the 130yrd and 75yrd barefoot against the best runners from the Army and Allied Works. He competed on a few other occasions but received little encouragement.
Edwin began painting in 1943, his first attempt astounding Rex Battarbee. “The greatest impression any artist has ever made on me was on 25th October 1943, when Edwin showed me his first watercolor” Rex Battarbee, Modern Australian Aboriginal Art, 1951. Battarbee encouraged Edwin to develop his own style and not to emulate that of Albert. His first solo exhibition was opened on the 12th of November 1946 at the Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne. Edwin was inspired by the symmetries and patterns found in nature. This is evident in the form of parallel ranges and decorative shrubbery. This design quality resembles traditional Arrernte symbolism where parallel and circular lines move in harmony.

Charles P. Montford (one of greatest anthropologists to study Aboriginal myth and culture) writes, "For untold generations, Albert's forefathers had roamed in this distinctive country, a country made alive to them by the creation stories that tell of the time when their progenitors, large and immensely powerful, raised the steep-sided hills, formed the mighty gorges, and caused the river-valleys and water-holes to come into being"

Aboriginal spiritual beliefs are closely linked to nature. Dreamtime stories are passed on from generation to generation. They explain how ancestral beings shaped and formed the earth, how every landform, living thing or phenomenon came into being.

This lovely watercolor, by one of the most highly acclaimed Hermannsburg painters, is a rare example from the school. The Hermannsburg painters tend to stick to the vast, open sites that extend to the horizon in the distance. This location is unknown, but probably a gorge near Mt. Sonder.

This painting was included in two important Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in the Region of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. The exhibitions was critically acclaimed by critics as it was the first time that an exhibition of Indigenous artists had been organised in the territory. The exhibition has over sixty works by more than 40 artists from over 10 aboriginal communities. Below are some photos of the last exhibition. Please note that the 72 page catalogue will be included with the painting.

Below are some prices realised by the artist at auction:

Inauguration Night

Hermannsburg Section

AboriginalWorks exhibition space - Trento, Italy.