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Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) Born into a lineage of gifted painters, potters, musicians and architects, Arthur Boyd became the most celebrated member, in Australia’s cultural history, of that revered artistic family. After spending his youth painting idyllic impressionist landscapes and portraits of the places and people that surrounded him in the family haven at Murrumbeena in Victoria, the onset of WWII was the catalyst for the dramatic shift towards the highly expressive and personal style, which characterised his painting from during the 1940s onwards. Influential in Boyd's development were artists associated with art patrons, John and Sunday Reed such as Nolan, Tucker, Perceval and Bergner. Boyd’s images of the deprivation of modern urban society in the war years, infused thematically with Old Testament narrative, was influenced by German Expressionism, Surrealism and the northern European painting tradition. His explorations as a painter-ceramicist yielded a series of monumentally conceived terracotta masterpieces. In the 1950s his poetic depiction of the luminous Wimmera landscape transformed the surface of his paintings with the rich combination of oil, tempera and resin, reflecting his constant experimentation with differing materials and modes of expression. Following his move to England in 1959 where he achieved significant success, Boyd began to explore the medium of printmaking, producing etchings, lithographs and illustrated books. In 1979 the artist purchased a property on the Shoalhaven River where his depictions of the infinite variety of this magnificent landscape fuelled his artistic imagination until his death in 1999. Page 1 Paintings please
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Arthur Boyd Pulpit Rock, Bathers and Muzzled Dog 1985 Oil on canvas 152.3 x 123cm no.9184 Exhibited: Arthur Boyd Australian Embassy, Washington 30 May – 21 June 1986. |
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Boyd Portrait of Alannah Coleman I c.1971 Oil on canvas 76 x 63 cm no.3160 |
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Boyd Portrait of Alannah Coleman III c.1971 Oil on canvas 76 x 63 cm no.3168 SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Two Angels with Black Hair 1964 Pastel on paper 46 x 61.5cm no.7356 SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Wimmera Landscape c.1975 oil on board 90.7 x 121 cm no.9456 SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Shoalhaven; Swimmer c. 1990 oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm no.90028 SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Shoalhaven c.1983 Oil on board 120 x 91cm no.9093 SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Portrait of Alannah Coleman II c.1971 Oil on canvas 76 x 63 cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Portrait of Alannah Coleman IV c. 1971 Oil on canvas 76 x 63 cm SOLD |
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Boyd Starry Night and Figure 1985 Oil on canvas 183 x 163 cm no.5361 SOLD |
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Boyd Rhinemaiden with Gold 1995 Oil on linen 150 x 120 cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Shoalhaven and the Jinker c.1985 Oil on canvas 90 x 120cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Shoalhaven Landscape c.1990 oil on board 30 x 23cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Wimmera Landscape with Windmill c.1975 Oil on board 89.5 x 120cm (sight size) SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Wimmera Landscape c.1978 Oil on board 90 x 121cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Untitled (English Landscape) c.1975 Oil on board 41.5 x 107cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Shoalhaven c.1978 Oil on board 120 x 90cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Shoalhaven, c.1976 Oil on canvas 151 x 121cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Across the Shoalhaven River, c1980 Oil on canvas 120.5 x 90.5cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Wimmera Landscape I 1975 Oil on board 90 x 120cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Wimmera Landscape c.1971 Oil on board 90 x 120 cm SOLD |
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Arthur Boyd Wheatfield, Berwick, 1948 Oil on canvas 52 x 64cm SOLD |
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