Arthur Boyd
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Arthur Boyd AC OBE |
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Arthur Boyd
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Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd 24 July 1920 Murrumbeena, Victoria |
| Died | 24 April 1999 (aged 78) Melbourne, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Visual arts, philanthropy |
| Works | Bride and Nebuchadnezzar series |
| Movement | Antipodeans |
| Spouse(s) | Yvonne Boyd (née Lennie) |
| Children | Jamie Boyd, Polly Boyd, Lucy Boyd |
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| Awards | Australian of the Year (1995) |
Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd AC OBE (24 July 1920 – 24 April 1999) was a leading Australian painter of the late 20th century. Boyd's work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, and many canvases feature both. Several famous works set Biblical stories against the Australian landscape, such as The Expulsion (1947–48), now at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Having a strong social conscience, Boyd's work deals with humanitarian issues and universal themes of love, loss and shame.
Boyd was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Clifton Pugh, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval and Charles Blackman.
The Boyd family artistic dynasty includes painters, sculptors, architects and other arts professionals, commencing with Boyd's grandfather Arthur Merric Boyd, Boyd's father Merric and mother Doris, uncles Penleigh Boyd and Martin Boyd, and brothers Guy and David. Mary Boyd, his sister and also a painter, married first John Perceval, and then later Sidney Nolan, both artists. Boyd's wife, Yvonne Boyd (née Lennie) is also a painter; as are their children Jamie, Polly, and Lucy.
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