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- What the Dickens Ever Happened To Perugini?
- An Australian Abroad | Not To Be Out Foxed
- Ethel | A Carrick in Fox Clothing
- A Broken Picture of the Life of Bouguereau
- Solomon | A Solemn Man
- Sidney Nolan | A Fugitive Behind the Mask
- Escape to the Country With Celia Perceval
- John Perceval | From Cabbage Fields to Angry Penguins
- Mary’s Salvation and Legacy to All
- David Fielding and Frolicking in the Woods
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An Australian Abroad | Not To Be Out Foxed
Australian Impressionist painter Emanuel Phillips Fox was born on 12 March, 1865, to Alexander Fox and Rosetta Phillips, at 12 Victoria Parade in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Fox studied art at the National Gallery School in Melbourne (1878-1886) under G. F. Folingsby; … Continue reading
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Ethel | A Carrick in Fox Clothing
English Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter, Ethel Carrick, (later) Ethel Carrick Fox was born on 7 February, 1872, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, to Emma and Albert William Carrick, a wealthy draper. The family of ten children lived at Brookfield House, in Uxbridge. … Continue reading
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A Broken Picture of the Life of Bouguereau
French academic painter, William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France, on 30 November 1825, into a family of wine and olive oil merchants. The family moved to Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1832. At the age of twelve, Bouguereau went to Mortagne-sur-Gironde … Continue reading
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Solomon | A Solemn Man
British painter, Solomon Joseph Solomon, was born in London, on 16 September, 1860. Solomon’s family was Jewish, and his sister, Lily Delissa Joseph (née Solomon), was also a painter. Solomon studied at various art schools, such as, Heatherley School of … Continue reading
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Tagged army camouflage, Jewish artists, Royal Academy
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Sidney Nolan | A Fugitive Behind the Mask
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan was born in Carlton, [at that time an inner working-class suburb of Melbourne,] on 22 April 1917, the eldest of four children. The family moved to the bayside suburb of St Kilda. Nolan attended the Brighton … Continue reading
Escape to the Country With Celia Perceval
Australian artist, Celia Perceval, was born in Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Brighton, in 1949. She was the third of four children born to famed Australian artists John Perceval and his wife Mary (nee Boyd) Perceval, a member of the great … Continue reading
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Mary’s Salvation and Legacy to All
Painter, potter, ceramic decorator and photographer, Mary Elizabeth Boyd, was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria, in 1926. Mary was a member of the Boyd family artistic dynasty which includes painters, sculptors, architects and other arts professionals, commencing with Boyd’s grandfather Arthur … Continue reading
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David Fielding and Frolicking in the Woods
Famous Melbourne born artist, David Fielding Gough Boyd was born on 23rd August, 1924. David Boyd was the fourth child of William Merric Boyd, a potter, and his wife Doris (née Gough), a painter. The Boyd family’s artistic dynasty includes … Continue reading
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Jamie | A Fourth Generation of Boyd
International and Australian artist, Jamie Patrick Boyd, was born at ‘Open Country‘, the house of his father and grand-father, in the Melbourne south-eastern suburb of Murrumbeena; on 19 November, 1948. Jamie is considered, the most important ‘living’ artist of the … Continue reading
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From Brides and Skates | To Statues and Fridges
Famous Melbourne born artist, Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, AC, OBE, was born on 24th July, 1920, at the family house ‘Open Country‘, in Murrumbeena, in Victoria. Arthur Boyd was the second child of William Merric Boyd, a potter, and his … Continue reading
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Here’s Lucy
Born into the famous Australian Boyd dynasty of artists, Lucy Evelyn Gough Boyd was born on 27 August, 1916, in Murrumbeena, Victoria. Lucy Boyd was the first child of William Merric (aka Merric), a potter and Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield … Continue reading
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Martin Boyd | A Difficult Young Man
Australian writer, Martin à Beckett Boyd, was born on 10 June, 1893, in Lucerne, Switzerland, into the à Beckett-Boyd family. He was the youngest son of Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie (nee à Beckett) Boyd, who were both established … Continue reading
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Edith Boyd | The Green Parasol and Nasturtiums
Australian artist, dramatist, and painter, Edith Susan Gerard Anderson (later, Edith Susan Boyd) was born on 16 February, 1880, in Brisbane, Queensland. She was the daughter of John Gerard Anderson, the head of the Department of Public Instruction, and Edith … Continue reading
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Tagged Belle Époque era, Impressionist Art
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Penleigh Boyd | From Penleigh House
British born Australian landscape artist, Theodore Penleigh Boyd was born on 15 August, 1890, at Penleigh House, Westbury, Wiltshire in England. Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty and he received his artistic training from his artist … Continue reading
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Doris Boyd | The Wife of Australian Studio Pottery
Australian artist, painter and ceramicist, Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield Boyd (née Gough), was born on 20 November, 1888. Doris Gough was the youngest of six children, born to Victorian Naval Forces Lieutenant, Thomas Bunbury Gough, and Evelyn Anna Walker Gough … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Artist, Boyd family dynasty, Ceramics, Sculpture
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