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Biografie Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd
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1920 |
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Born Murrumbeena, Victoria
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1935 |
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Attends National Gallery Art School, Melbourne, Victoria
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1937 |
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First solo exhibition, Westminster Gallery, Melbourne
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1936 - 1938 |
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Moves to grandfather Arthur Merric Boyd’s (a painter) cottage on the Mornington Peninsula, where time is spent painting landscapes and portraits
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1939 |
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Attended influential Herald exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art
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1940 |
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First major exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne
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1941 |
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Conscripted into the army. Meets influential peers such as John Perceval, Noel Counihan, Joy Hester, Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan, John and Sunday Reed
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1945 |
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Marries Yvonne Lennie
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1942 - 1946 |
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Exhibits in Sydney and Melbourne with the Contemporary Art Society during this period
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1946 |
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Exhibits with Tucker and Nolan, Rowden White Library, University of Melbourne.
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1945 - 1947 |
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Works on a series of biblical paintings
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1948 |
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First commission – mural on Uncle Martin Boyd’s dining room wall at The Grange.
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1949 |
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First ceramic tile paintings
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1950 |
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First retrospective exhibition, David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney. Begins work on Wimmera paintings
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1951 |
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Visit to Central Australia
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1954 - 1956 |
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Works on commission for a ceramic pylon, Olympic Swimming Pool, Melbourne
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1957 |
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Begins series of ‘half-caste’ Bride paintings
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1958 |
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Represents Australia (with Sir Arthur Streeton) at Venice Biennale
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1959 |
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Signs Antipodean Manifesto, along with David Boyd, Blackman, Brack, Dickerson, Perceval Pugh and Bernard Smith
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1960 |
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Beginning of a period of overseas travel and overseas exhibiting. First show at Zwemmer Gallery, London
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1963 |
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Henry Caselli Richards Prize, Brisbane
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1966 |
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Starts Nebuchadnezar paintings
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1971 |
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First visit to Bundanon (which he purchases in 1979). Bundanon is later declared a Wildlife Refuge, and subsequently donated by Boyd to the people of Australia
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1971 |
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Britannica Australia Award
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1971 - 1972 |
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Creative Art Fellowship, Australian National University (ANU), Ca
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1979 |
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Awarded the Order of Australia (AO) for services to art
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1979 |
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Order of Australia (OA) for services to art
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1984 |
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Begins Bather series of paintings
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1986 |
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Subject of a feature film made for London Weekend Television
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1988 |
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Represents Australia at 43rdVenice Biennale
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1992 |
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Companion of the Order of Australia
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1993 - 1994 |
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Major retrospective, AGNSW, Sydney
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1995 |
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Australian of the Year
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1999 |
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Named ‘Australian Legend’ by Australia Post. Dies in April
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COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
Queensland Art Gallery
Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery
Other regional, university and public collections
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2000
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McKenzie, J. Arthur Boyd: Art & Life, Thames & Hudson, London
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1999 - 2000
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Grazia Gunn ‘Arthur Boyd 1920-1999’ Art & Australia, vol. 37 no. 2, Dec - Feb
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1994
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Barry Pearce Arthur Boyd retrospective Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
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1967
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Franz Philipp Arthur Boyd Thames & Hudson, London
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