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You are here: Home / All Journal Articles / In Memoriam / Georgina Beier 1938 – 2021

Georgina Beier 1938 – 2021

29/08/2021 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

By Keith Jackson Georgina Beier, called the ‘founding mother’ of contemporary art in Papua New Guinea, died in Sydney on Sunday 11 July 2021 aged 82. Her husband, Ulli Beier (1922–2011), was a German editor, writer and scholar who pioneered the development of literature in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea. Caption: Georgina Beier, Mathias Kauage, Ulli […]
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