Wenten Rubuntja

Wenten Rubuntja
Bornc. 1926
Burt Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
DiedJuly 2005
Northern Territory, Australia
NationalityArrernte
Known forWatercolour painting, contemporary Indigenous Australian art
SpouseCynthia
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia

Wenten Rubuntja AM (c.1926 – July 2005) was an Aboriginal Australian artist. His early watercolour paintings are typical of the Hermannsburg School of art, while his later work includes dot painting. He was also an Aboriginal rights activist who worked on the Central Land Council in the Northern Territory for several years.