Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria. He attended night classes at the National Gallery Art School, Melbourne in 1935, and painting with his grandfather, Arthur Merric Boyd, 1936-9. In 1979 he was awarded the Order of Australia for services to art, and in 1992 became a Companion of the Order of Australia. Boyd was named Australian of the Year in 1995, and an ‘Australian Legend’ by Australia Post in 1999, the year he died. Arthur Boyd had more than 120 solo exhibitions in Australia and overseas.

Budgong Creek
Colour etching (6/50), signed lower right
26 x 32 cm

$3,500

Angel with Figure
Colour lithograph (53/75), signed lower right
46 x 60 cms

The sale price is $1,000.

Bull Frog and Nude sold
Etching and Aquatint, numbered 25, signed lower right
30 x 40 cm

Self Portrait 1962/63sold
Lithograph (15/100), signed lower right
30 x 25 cm