Merric Boyd | |
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 Merric Boyd displaying an example of his work for The Home magazine at Murrumbeena 1920, photo: Pegg Clarke | |
| Born | William Merric Boyd 24 June 1888 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 9 September 1959 (aged 71) Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia |
| Burial place | Brighton General Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | National Gallery School |
| Known for | Pottery |
| Movement | Bernard Hall, Frederick McCubbin |
| Spouse | Doris Boyd (née Gough) (m. 1915) |
| Children | daughters Lucy and Mary. |
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| Relatives | Siblings:
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William Merric Boyd, known more as Merric Boyd (24 June 1888 – 9 September 1959), was an Australian artist, active as a ceramicist, sculptor, and extensive chronicling of his family and environs in pencil drawing. He held the fine mythic distinction of being the father of Australian studio pottery.
The Boyd family of many generations includes painters, sculptors, architects and other arts professionals, commencing with Boyd's parents Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie a'Beckett Boyd. Boyd's brothers were Penleigh, a landscape artist, and Martin, a writer. His sister Helen Read, a navy wife, enjoyed taking to painting late in life. He and his wife, Doris, raised noted Australian artists, painters Arthur and David, and sculptor Guy.Their eldest daughter Lucy's ceramic painting benefited greatly from her unique inheritance.[1] Subsequent generations of Boyds are or have enjoyed their rightful approaches in the arts perceived around them.