What is Albert Namatjira?
{{Infobox artist | name = Albert Namatjira | image = AlbertNamatjira-1949-AliceSprings.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Albert Namatjira, 1949 [[Alice Springs]] | birth_name = Elea Namatjira | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1902|07|28}} | birth_place = [[erritory|Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission]], near [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1959|08|08|1902|07|28}} | death_place = [[Alice Springs, Northern itory|Alice Springs]] | nationality = [[Australia]]n | spouse = Rubina | field = [[watercolour]]s | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = [[Qun Elizabeth II Coronation Medalueen's Coronation Medal]] | elected = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> }} '''Albert Namatjira''' (28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959), born '''Elea Namatjira''', was an [[Indigenous Australian]] [[artist]]. He is one of Australia's most well-known [[painter]]s. He is best known for his [[watercolour]] paintings of the Australian [[outback]] [[landscape]]. His works were not in the traditional style of [[Aboriginal art]]. But they became important to forming the style of modern indigenous art in Australia. Namatjira was an [[Arrernte]] man from the western [[MacDonnell Ranges]] area. He was born at [[Hermannsburg, Northern Territory|Hermannsburg]], a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Missionary|mission]] near [[Alice Springs]]. He was born as Elea, but once [[Baptism|baptised]], his parents changed his name to Albert. He had a [[Western world|western]]-style upbringing on the mission. When he turned 13, though, he returned to [[the bush]] for his [[initiation]]. He was made a member of the Arrernte community and was introduced to his traditional heritage. Namatjira said this is how he came to understand the [[kinship]] with his land that is seen in his works. He eventually become an [[elder]] of the Arrernte commun