Arthur Merric Boyd
Arthur Merric Boyd | |
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| Born | 19 March 1862 |
| Died | 30 July 1940 (aged 78) Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Landscape painting |
| Movement | Boyd family |
| Spouse | Emma Minnie Boyd |
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Arthur Merric Boyd (19 March 1862 – 30 July 1940) was an Australian painter. He and his wife Emma Minnie (née à Beckett) established a lifestyle of being artists, which many generations followed to create the popular image of the Boyd family.
Biography
Boyd was born in
Royal Academy exhibition.[3]
Boyd then travelled and painted a good deal on the continent of
Victorian Artists' Society, but never mixed much in the artistic life of his time.[3]
Minnie Boyd died at Melbourne on 13 September 1936 at Sandringham.Martin à Beckett Boyd (1893–1972), a popular writer of fiction firstly under the name 'Martin Mills' and then his own, and Merric (1888–1959), a potter, and a daughter Helen à Beckett Boyd, a painter.[3]
Selected paintings
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Gathering Seaweed Before the Storm, Sandringham Beach -
Winter Evening -
North Wharf, Melbourne -
Fishing at the Jetty
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References
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Residents of Upper Beaconsfield and surrounding areas". www.upperbeaconsfieldhistory.org.au. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d Serle, Percival (1949). "Boyd, Arthur Merric". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). National Library of Australia. 14 September 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-522-84871-0.
External links
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