Benjamin Landara was born in 1921, and was schooled at the Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission West of Alice Springs. Benjamin married Albert Namatjira’s eldest daughter Maisie. Landara started painting in the late 1940s, often painting alongside Albert Namatjira, who encouraged him and actually had a hand in some of Benjamin’s earlier works.
References:Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 332.
McDonnel Ranges. Watercolour. 34 x 53 cm. SOLD $575