On Arthur Boyd

Brenda Niall

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Published 04-04-2005
ISBN 9780522851946
Pages 64
Subjects History
Imprint MUP POD

The MUP Masterworks series celebrates distinguished Australian writers and ideas. Other writers in the series include Manning Clark, A.A. Phillips, Donald Horne, Ray Parkin and Janet McCalman.

The brilliant painter Arthur Boyd (1920-99) was a member of
Australia’s most famous artistic dynasty. This excerpt from
Brenda Niall’s prize-winning study, The Boyds , reveals Arthur
Boyd as a man who lived in a private world of painting, family,
friends and familiar surroundings, yet developed into an iconic
Australian artist, celebrated at home and abroad.

About The Author

One of Australia's best-known writers Brenda Niall is the author of four award-winning biographies. She has an AO for services to Australian literature, and an honorary D.Litt. from Monash as well as degrees from the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University and Monash University. As Reader in English at Monash University, she gave courses…