Wenten Rubuntja was a painter and land rights activist. A leading figure of the Indigenous cultural and political world, he achieved an international reputation as a painter. Throughout his life he worked with great energy, humour and imagination to encourage reconciliation between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Rubuntja participated in the establishment of the Central Land Council and was an important figure in the fight to strengthen the Land Rights Act in 1976. The work of Albert Namatjira influenced Wenten's style as an artist. Rubuntja alternated between painting in acrylics and watercolours, always depicting themes of his Dreaming.