Arthur Boyd b. 24 July 1920

Also known as Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
A member of the gifted Boyd family, and grandson of his namesake, the painter Arthur Merric Boyd, Arthur first attended night classes at Melbourne's National Gallery School in 1935. After a period overseas, Boyd returned to Australia and bought a property at Bundanon in NSW where he would paint some of his most famous landscape paintings.
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Name
Arthur Boyd
Also known as Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • - Australian Imperial Force
Tags:
Antipodeans
Birth date
24 July 1920
Death date
24 April 1999
Death place
Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1935 - c.1993
Residence
  • c.1993 - c.1999 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1920 - 1959 Victoria
  • 1959 - 1971 Sussex, England
  • 1971 - 1993 Bundanon, Shoalhaven, NSW
  • 1948 - Berwick, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1944 - 1954 Murrumbeena, VIC
Training
  • 1935 - 1936 National Gallery Art School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1936 - 1939 (Studied with his grandfather, Arthur Merric Boyd)
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • National Gallery of Australia