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Born in Murrumbeena, Victoria, Guy was the third child of William Merric Boyd, potter, and his wife Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield, née Gough, a painter, and thus was a member of the Boyd artist dynasty.
Feb 2, 2019 · Guy Boyd was a noted sculptor and potter born into the famous Boyd family of artists and artisans. His father, William Merric Boyd, was a well-known potter. His mother, Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield, was a painter.
Sep 1, 2021 · Boyd’s artistic dynasty started with Arthur Merric Boyd Snr and his wife, Emma Minnie à Beckett. Son of a captain, John Theodore Thomas Boyd, Arthur and his family moved to Australia in the mid-1870s from New Zealand.
Guy Martin à Beckett Boyd (1923-1988), sculptor and potter, was born on 12 June 1923 at Murrumbeena, Melbourne, third child of William Merric Boyd, potter, and his wife Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield, née Gough, a painter.
Sculptor and designer of ceramics, Guy Boyd was the third child of the studio potter Merric Boyd and his wife Doris Gough, and was born at Murrumbeena, where his parents established their studio pottery. His career developed in the shadow of that of his siblings, especially his brother Arthur.
In 1976 Guy Boyd, with his wife and four youngest children, moved to Canada to live, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1981. He felt that opportunities for sculptors in Australia were limited and that by moving to North America he had a better chance of establishing a career for himself.
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Guy Martin à Beckett Boyd (1923-1988), sculptor and potter, was born on 12 June 1923 at Murrumbeena, Melbourne, third child of William Merric Boyd, potter, and his wife Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield, née Gough, a painter.