Boyd Family
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The Boyd family is an Australian artistic dynasty. Members of the family over several generations have established themselves as painters
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s, sculptors, potters
, ceramists
, writer
s, architect
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These four families were joined by marriages of their children in the young colony of Victoria in the 1850s:
However, the Boyd artistic dynasty can be said to really begin with the 14 January 1886 marriage of Emma Minnie à Beckett (known as Minnie) and Arthur Merric Boyd
. Both were already established painters at the time of their marriage.
The artistic tradition continued into the next generations:
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
s, sculptors, potters
Pottery
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, ceramists
Ceramic art
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, writer
Writer
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s, architect
Architect
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s, graphic designer
Graphic designer
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s, and musician
Musician
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Family tree
The family is descended from four diverse immigrants to VictoriaVictoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
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- William à BeckettWilliam à BeckettSir William à Beckett was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.-Background:Born in London, he was the eldest son of William à Beckett, also a solicitor...
(1806-1869), lawyer and Chief Justice of Victoria, arrived New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 1837, with his wife Emily à Beckett, née Hayley, and three young sons. - John Mills (c1810-1841), convict and brewer, transported to Van Diemen's LandVan Diemen's LandVan Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania...
1827, married Hannah Hale 1836, arrived Port Phillip DistrictPort Phillip DistrictThe Port Phillip District was an historical administrative division of the Colony of New South Wales, existing from September 1836 until 1 July 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales and became the Colony of Victoria....
1837. - Major Alexander BoydAlexander BoydAlexander Boyd was a U.S. Representative from New York.Boyd moved to Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., and engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(1792-1869), paymasterPaymasterA paymaster often is, but is not required to be, a lawyer . When dealing with commission payments on contracts dealing with large amounts of money , most banks in the United States are very wary of handling such large amounts of money...
of the 11th Regiment of Foot (The North Devonshire Regiment of Foot), arrived Van Diemen's Land in 1845, possibly with his wife Susan Boyd, née Brown. - Dr Robert Martin (1798-1874), medical practitioner and squatter, overlanded from Sydney in 1839 to take up land at Mount Sturgeon near Dunkeld, VictoriaDunkeld, VictoriaDunkeld is a town in Victoria, Australia at the southern end of the Grampians National Park, in the Shire of Southern Grampians. It is approx 283 km west of Melbourne on the Glenelg Highway. The town's population is holding steady but ageing...
and HeidelbergHeidelberg, VictoriaHeidelberg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule....
. His wife Lucy Martin, née Gear, and family came from Sydney to join him soon after.
These four families were joined by marriages of their children in the young colony of Victoria in the 1850s:
- William à BeckettWilliam à BeckettSir William à Beckett was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.-Background:Born in London, he was the eldest son of William à Beckett, also a solicitor...
's son Hon. William Arthur Callendar à BeckettWilliam Arthur Callendar à BeckettWilliam Arthur Callendar à Beckett eldest son of the late Sir William à Beckett, was in the Legislative Council of Victoria from 1868 to 1876, and held office without portfolio in the Administration of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy from June 1871 to 10 June 1872. He was sworn in as a member of the...
(1833-1901) married John Mills's daughter Emma Mills (1838-1906) in 1855, and had six children, including Emma Minnie à Beckett (1858-1936). - Major Alexander BoydAlexander BoydAlexander Boyd was a U.S. Representative from New York.Boyd moved to Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., and engaged in agricultural pursuits....
's son Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd (1825-1891) married Dr Robert Martin's daughter Lucy Charlotte Martin in 1857, and had 12 children, including Arthur Merric BoydArthur Merric BoydArthur Merric Boyd was an Australian painter, and founder of the Boyd artistic dynasty.Boyd was born in Opoho, Dunedin, New Zealand, son of Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd, formerly of County Mayo, Ireland, and his wife Lucy Charlotte, daughter of Dr Robert Martin of Heidelberg, Victoria...
(1862-1940).
However, the Boyd artistic dynasty can be said to really begin with the 14 January 1886 marriage of Emma Minnie à Beckett (known as Minnie) and Arthur Merric Boyd
Arthur Merric Boyd
Arthur Merric Boyd was an Australian painter, and founder of the Boyd artistic dynasty.Boyd was born in Opoho, Dunedin, New Zealand, son of Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd, formerly of County Mayo, Ireland, and his wife Lucy Charlotte, daughter of Dr Robert Martin of Heidelberg, Victoria...
. Both were already established painters at the time of their marriage.
- They had five children, four of whom became prominent in the Australian artistic world:
- John Gilbert à Beckett Boyd (1886-1896) was killed in a riding accident.
- William Merric BoydMerric BoydWilliam Merric Boyd was an Australian artist active as a ceramicist, painter, and sculptor.Merric Boyd is credited as the father of studio pottery in Australia; he is also known for his drawing, painting and sculpting...
(1888-1959) http://www.members.optushome.com.au/mcaine/, potter, married Doris BoydDoris BoydDoris Boyd was an Australian artist active as a painter. She married William Merric Boyd potter and painter. A member of the Boyd Family she was the mother of David Boyd, Guy Boyd and Arthur Boyd.References...
(Doris Gough) (1889-1960) http://www.members.optushome.com.au/scai1/dorisboyd/, painter. - Theodore Penleigh BoydPenleigh BoydTheodore Penleigh Boyd was an Australian artist.Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie Boyd were well-known artists of the day, and his brothers included Merric Boyd the ceramacist and the novelist Martin Boyd...
(1890-1923), painter, married Edith Anderson, painter. - Martin à Beckett BoydMartin BoydMartin à Beckett Boyd was a member of Australia’s most prolific artistic dynasty of painters, sculptors, potters, writers, architects, graphic designers and musicians....
(1893-1972) was a writer. - Helen à Beckett Boyd (1903-1999), painter, married Neven Read, naval officer.
The artistic tradition continued into the next generations:
- The children of (William) Merric Boyd and Doris (nee Gough) Boyd were:
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- Lucy Evelyn Gough Boyd (born 1916), ceramist, married Hatton Beck (1901-1994) http://www.members.optushome.com.au/jssp/hattonbeck/index, ceramist, potter, sculptor.
- Their children are:
- Laurence Hatton Beck (1940-), layman
- Robert Hatton Beck (1942-), potter/ceramist, married Margot Gardner (daughter of painter Freidl Gardner) and they had two children.
- Paul Hatton Beck (1948-), musician
- Arthur Merric Bloomfield BoydArthur BoydArthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, AC, OBE was one of the leading Australian painters of the late 20th Century. A member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, his relatives included painters, sculptors, architects or other arts professionals. His sister Mary Boyd married John Perceval,...
(1920-1999), painter, married Yvonne Lennie, painter.
- Their children are:
- Polly Boyd (1946-), artist and painter
- Jamie Patrick Boyd (1948-), painter and sculptor
- Lucy Ellen Boyd, painter
- Guy Martin à Beckett BoydGuy Boyd (sculptor)Guy Martin à Beckett Boyd was an Australian sculptor.Born in Murrumbeena, Victoria, he was a member of the famous Boyd artistic dynasty, and brother of painters Arthur Boyd and David Boyd. Guy Boyd was a potter and figurative sculptor noted for his ability to capture the fluidity and sensuality of...
(1923-1988), sculptor, married Phyllis Emma Nairn.
- Their children are:
- Lenore Anne (1953-), sculptor, married (1) Ron Eades, and had two children, and. Lenore married (2) Stuart Stephenson, and had three children.
- Sally Deidre (1956-), painter and sculptor, married Bruce Bellman (1951-), and had five children.
- Derry Catherine (1957-), owner-operator of a graphic, web, and multimedia business, married (1)Vuthichai Satianyot (also known as Yap Guan Soon), and (2) Michael Evans. Derry and Michael had three children.
- Kirstin Doris (1960-), writer of children's literature, married (1) John Murray, graphic designer, and had three children. Kirstin married (2) Ken Harper, drama teacher, playwright, gymnast, and circus trainer.
- Benjamin Merric Elwyn (1963-) had one child.
- Charlotte Beatrice Magdalen (1968-), potter and ceramist, married John O'Donohue, digital technician. They had two children.
- Martin Duncan Gough (1970-), writer and Spanish translator, married Paulina Derbez, violinist, and had one child.
- David Fielding Gough BoydDavid Boyd (artist)David Fielding Gough Boyd, OAM was an Australian artist, and a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty.-Boyd family artistic dynasty:...
(1924-2011), painter, married Hermia Lloyd-Jones, ceramic artist.
- Their daughters are:
- Amanda, painter and costume designer
- Lucinda, model and painter
- Cassandra, painter and illustrator
- Mary Elizabeth Boyd (1926-), painter, married (1) John PercevalJohn PercevalJohn de Burgh Perceval AO was a well-known Australian artist. Perceval was the last surviving member of a group known as the Angry Penguins who redefined Australian art in the 1940s...
, painter, potter, and sculptor, and had four children. Mary married (2) Sir Sidney NolanSidney NolanSir Sidney Robert Nolan OM, AC was one of Australia's best-known painters and printmakers.-Early life:Nolan was born in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, on 22 April 1917. He was the eldest of four children. His family later moved to St Kilda. Nolan attended the Brighton Road State School and...
, painter, and became Lady Mary Nolan.
- Mary and John's children are:
- Matthew, painter, married Jutta, and had three children.
- Tessa, painter
- Celia, painter
- Alice, painter, had four children.
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- The children of Penleigh and Edith Boyd were:
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- Pamela Boyd (b & d 1913)
- John à Beckett Penleigh (Pat) Boyd (1915-1980), painter and test pilot, married Anne Davey.
- Robin Gerard Penleigh BoydRobin BoydRobin Gerard Penleigh Boyd CBE was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator...
(1919-1971), architect and writer, married Patricia Madder.
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- The children of Helen and Neven Read are:
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- Gayner Read (1936-1988), painter.
- Susan Read (1938-)
- Andrew Read (1942-)
- Prudence Read (1947-)
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