Category Archives: Paintings

Escape to the Country With Celia Perceval

Posted on May 20, 2022 by maryannadair

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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John Perceval | From Cabbage Fields to Angry Penguins

Posted on May 14, 2022 by maryannadair

Australian artist John de Burgh Perceval was born Linwood Robert Steven South on 1st February, 1923, at Bruce Rock, Western Australia. He was the second child of Robert South (a wheat farmer) and Dorothy (née Dolton).  His parents separated in … Continue reading →

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Mary’s Salvation and Legacy to All

Posted on May 8, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on May 2, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on March 22, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on March 17, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on March 10, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on February 27, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on February 21, 2022 by maryannadair

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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Penleigh Boyd | From Penleigh House

Posted on February 16, 2022 by maryannadair

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

Posted on February 8, 2022 by maryannadair

  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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Meet Minnie | The Mother of the Boyd Dynasty

Posted on January 29, 2022 by maryannadair

Australian artist Emma Minnie Boyd was born Emma Minnie à Beckett, on 23 November, 1858. She is part of the artistic Boyd dynasty, which began with Emma and her husband Arthur Merric and their art work, which influenced their children … Continue reading →

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Arthur Merric | The Father of the Boyd Dynasty

Posted on January 24, 2022 by maryannadair

Australia’s famous Boyd family of artists began with distinguised watercolourist, Arthur Merric Boyd I (or Senior), one of twelve children, born on 19 March 1862 in Opoho, Dunedin, New Zealand; son of Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd (1825–1891), formerly of … Continue reading →

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Jean-Pascal Fournier and the Legends of Blood and Light

Posted on January 19, 2022 by maryannadair

Freelance artist and illustrator Jean-Pascal Fournier was born near Grenoble, France, in 1972. Since he was a young child, Fournier has been fascinated with comic strips which drew him into his interest in art and drawing. He later studied art … Continue reading →

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Time to Escape to the Country

Posted on January 7, 2022 by maryannadair

[The Pet Lamb wood on panel] German painter Adolf Eberle was born in Munich, on 11 January, 1843. His father, Robert Eberle, was also a painter. Adolf Eberle studied under Karl von Piloty at the Academy of Fine Arts, in … Continue reading →

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