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David Boyd 1924 - Present

Style
Landscape and Figurative Expressionist painter and print maker

Career Status
Blue Chip

Biography
Like his older brother Arthur, David embarked on an artistic career while still living in the family enclave in Murrumbeena. Recognition as a master potter came first, as he began a long creative partnership in ceramics with his wife, Hermia Lloyd-Jones.

David's painting career began in 1957 with the 'Explorers' series, which provoked a storm of controversy — as did subsequent paintings on the history of Tasmania's Aborigines and on the law.

In 1961, David and his family moved to Rome and then to London, where he quickly received international recognition for his art. The family returned to Australia in 1975 to live. Like his older brother, David hopes to gift his Sydney home and studio to the public as an arts centre and museum.

Studies
Fine Arts Department, University of Melbourne
Adelaide Art Teachers College, Adelaide, SA
Monash University, Melbourne
Law School, University of Melbourne
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria
The University of Adelaide, South Australia
Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales
Bundanon Trust, Nowra, New South Wales
Macquarie University, New South Wales

Collections
Numerous collections both International and Domestic

Auction Record
$215,100
King Found-1958
Oil and varnish on masonite, Mossgreen Auctions Melbourne 03/06/2008,
Lot No. 651

Awards
1960 President of the Contemporary Art Society (Victorian branch)
1960 Elected Councilor of the Museum of Modern Art of Australia
1961 First Prize Italian Art Scholarship for Australian Chairman of Federal Council of the Contemporary Art Society of Australia.
1993-96 Artist in residence School of Law, Macquarie University, NSW
1998 MEMBRO ALBO DORO DEL SENATO ACCADEMICO - International
Academy of Modern Art, Rome, Italy

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