Adolf Inkamala Australia (Aboriginal), 1914-60
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About Adolf Inkamala
Born in 1914, Adolf Inkamala was a member of the Arunta tribe of Central Australia and was one of three brothers who were artists. He was one of the group of Aboriginal watercolour artists who painted in the Hermannsberg Mission in the Northern Territory and a founder of the Hermanns burg school, selling their paintings to the tourists at Alice Springs. He started painting about 1947 and exhibited in an exhibition in Alice Springs in 1951. As well as being a painter, he ran a cattle property on leased land on the Haasts Bluff Reserve. Many of his paintings were created west of Hermannsburg and his at his Haasts Bluff cattle lease.
In our database, 99 works by Adolf Inkamala are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1980, of which 74 (75%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,688 for Central Australian Landscape with Ghost Gum sold by Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers in November 2003. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Adolf Inkamala are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia and National Gallery of Australia.
Adolf Inkamala is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 336
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 326
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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