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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
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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
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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
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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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Bundanon - Arthur Boyd's Gift Bundanon: Bundanon
Road (off Illaroo Road).
Historic Bundanon, gifted to the nation by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd
and is open to the public every Sunday.
Guided tours of the 1860’s National Estate listed Bundanon
Homestead - with works from the Bundanon Collection and Arthur Boyd’s
Studio.
For enquiries (02)44230433 Monday to Saturday or (02)44237029 on
Sunday. |
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