Arthur
Australian
of the Year 1995
Arthur Merric
Bloomfield - Born 1920 and died 1999.
Painter, potter/ceramist/sculptor and theatre designer. One of Australia's
foremost artists.
Married Yvonne
Lennie.
He and Yvonne
Lennie had Children:
1.Polly
Boyd - mother of Adam Boyd
2. James
Patrick Boyd
3. Lucy
Ellen Boyd - mother of Florence and Ellen Arthurs
achievements include: |
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1958 |
Installation
of sculpture at Olympic Swimming Pool, Melbourne |
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Represents Australia
with Arthur Streeton at 1958 Venice Biennale |
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1971 |
Awarded Creative
Arts Fellowship at ANU - Australian National University |
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.1975 |
Donates major
gift to the National Gallery of Australia - Several thousand works
including pastels, sculptures, ceramics, etchings, tapestries, paintings
and drawings |
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1978 |
ABC/BBC co-production
'A Man of Two Worlds'. |
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1979 |
Awarded the AO (Order of Australia) for Service to Arts |
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1982 |
Donates Tuscan
villa for an Australia Council Artist-inresidence program. |
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Sandra McGrath's
'The Artist and the River' published by Bay Books |
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1984 |
Commissioned
to design a tapestry for the Reception Hall at the new Parliament
House |
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and 16 canvasses
for the Foyer of the Victorian Arts Centre. |
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1986 |
"Arthur
Boyd in the Landscape" a film by Don Featherstone films
on London's Weekend Television's South Bank Shows. |
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Ursula
Hoff's "The Art of Arthur Boyd" published. |
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1988 |
Represents Australia
at the 43rd Venice Biennale with eight major works. |
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Commissioned
to paint Earth and Fire for the cover of the 28th November Time magazine for a special issue dealing with environmental conservation in Australia. |
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Receives award
as Irish-Australian of the Year |
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1990 |
Patricia Dobrez
and Peter Herbst's 'The Art of the Boyds' published
by Bay Books. |
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1992 |
Awarded Companion
of the Order of Australia |
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1993 |
Prime Minister
Paul Keating announces the establishment of Bundanon Trust to
accept Bundanon gift from Arthur on behalf of the Australian Nation. Gift
includes a property for the establishment of artist-in-residence programmes
and several thousand works of art from five generations of Boyds and other
Australian artists. |
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1994 |
Donates copyright
of all artwork and more property to Bundanon Trust |
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'Arthur Boyd
at Bundanon' purblished by Academy Editions. |
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1995 |
Prime Minister
announces Arthur Boyd as Australian of the Year for his contribution to
Australian art and his generosity to the Australian people. |
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'Testament
of a Painter' documentary by Don Bennetts shown on ABC TV. |
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1998 |
Australia
Post Australian Legends Award for 1998. Arthur has a series of postage
stamps produced with his photo and examples of his work. Australia Post
awards the Australian Legend status to one Australian per year. |
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