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Arthur Boyd
Early days:
Arthur
Merric Bloomfield Boyd was born at Murrumbeena, Melbourne,
Australia on 24 July 1920.Arthur was the second child of
Merric and Doris Boyd who were both potters and painters.At
the National Gallery of Victoria Art School,he attended night
classes.But mostly his artist grandfather with whom he stayed
at Rosebud,Victoria taught him painting.
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Career:
His initial solo exhibition of his works was held
in Melbourne in 1937. In 1962, he was given a retrospective exhibition at the
Whitechapel Gallery, London. In 1967 Thames and Hudson published Franz
Philipp's chief monograph Arthur Boyd. Boyd visited Australia
again in 1968 and he constantly divided his time between
Europe and Australia.
Arthur Boyd created numerous series of works which includes a collection
of 15 biblical paintings based on the teaching of his mother, Doris
Boyd née Gough. Afterward he created a tempera series about
large areas of sky and land, known as the Wimmera series.
In 1975, he offered many of his works to the National Gallery of Australia.
He represented Australia at the Venice Biennale another time by May
2000.His popular paintings include Dreaming
Bridegroom I and Mourning
Bride I.
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