Lenie Namatjira Lankin Australian, Western Aranda, b. 1951

Lenie (deceased) was born in Raggats Well, Glen Helen Station. Lenie was Albert Namatjira's granddaughter, daughter to Oscar Namatjira. After an absence from Hermannsburg to attend the mission school and complete three years of service in the Army Labor gang, Oscar returned to hisfamily at the Hermannsburg Mission and took up painting like his father. For a period of twelve months Oscar became Albert’s truck driver, driving Albert and his supplies to different painting locations. Oscar learnt how to paint from his father and became a skilled practitioner in his own right. Oscar raised a large family, Lenie being one of ten children. Lenie and her siblings (Euphrene, Reginald, Saleen, Wallace, Albert Jnr, Marcia, Donald, Rosabelle, Gwenda and Bessie) were all raised at Hermannsburg. Lenie painted in the tradition of her father and grandfather. Her watercolour paintings focused on the landscape west of Hermannsburg. Many of her paintings were drawn from childhood memories of her country. Lenie's paintings are held in collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.