David Fielding, born Sepetember, 1924. Painter, potter and sculptor.

He married, Hermia Lloyd-Jones younger daughter of graphic artist Herman (Jonah) and Erica Lloyd-Jones in 1948, b. 1931, potter, decorator, painter, d. 2000

David and Hermia's children are:

1. Amanda (d. 2000)- painter and costume designer
   1. Tom
   2. William (twins)
2. Lucinda - model and painter (with John Bateman - d.)
   1. Cressida
   2. Jessamine
3. Cassandra Painter and Illustrationist (with Giles B__)
   1. Irian

Biography

David Boyd was born in Melbourne, 1924, to painter and potter parents, Merric and Doris Boyd, who gave him instruction in pottery and visual arts. Member Contemporary Art Society of Australia (Victoria) 1942-62. Attended National Gallery of Victoria Art School 1944-45. Recognised as a master potter in a creative partnership with wife Hermia in Australia and England 1950's and 60's in their business 'Hermia Ware'.

In 1958 exhibited in Melbourne, a series of symbolic paintings on the Australian explorers, In Australia, a storm of controversy surrounded this and subsequent work based on the tragic history of the Tasmanian aborigines. 'Monoliths', a painting from this series won him the Italian Government Art Scholarship prize for Australia 1961. Moved to Rome in 1962 with wife and three children ad with the assistance of the scholarship he continued 'The Trial'. A series on the theme of law and justice. This series and paintings from 'The Tasmanians' were exhibited to critical acclaim in one-man exhibitions in London and Paris in 1963.

After a second journey 1963-64 in Spain, (the first was in the early 1950's), David Boyd produced the 'Church and State; 1964-65. This series was concerned with contemporary tyranny and violence personified in the domination of church and state in Fascist Spain during the Franco regime. It was the London exhibition of 'Church and State' that David Boyd's work first won significant international recognition.

'Church and State' was followed by works 1966-68, drawn with the flame of candies under oil glazing colours. This series which was inspired by facets of contemporary London life, David Boyd called 'Sfumato', reviving the term Leonardo used to describe imperceptible changes of tone in painting.

In 1969 a major retrospective which travelled in England and Scotland was organised by the Commonwealth Institute, London. Reviewing the retrospective, art historian and critic, Edwin Mullins in the Sunday Telegraph, London 5/5/69, commented that "David Boyd is among the very best painters in England and certainly the most powerful image maker".

His work has been included in numerous international exhibitions and is represented in all major public art galleries, museums and university collections in Australia and many collections throughout the world.

In 1998 David Boyd was recognised by the International Academy of Modern Art in Rome, (Italy) with the award of "MEMBRO ALBO D'ORO DEL SENATO ACCADEMICO".

1924
Born in Murrumbeena, Melbourne. Third and youngest son of artists' Merric and Doris Boyd. Studied pottery and painting within the family circle and also the piano. Entered the Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music at seventeen.

1942
Joined Contemporary Art Society of Australia. Conscripted into Australian Army.

1944-46
Studied at the Melbourne Concervatorium of Music and the National Gallery School on an ex-serviceman's grant. First exhibition of paintings with John Yule at the Rowden White Library, University of Melbourne.

1947
Painting expedition in New Caledonia with author Hugh Atkinson.

1948-40
Married Hermia Lloyd-Jones, younger daughter of graphic artist Herman (Jonah) and Erica Lloyd-Jones. Began pottery career with Hermia. First exhibition of pottery in Sydney.

1950-55
Established pottery studios in London and in the South of France joined for a time by ceramist and painter Stanislaw Halpern. Travelled widely throughout Spain. Returned to Australia.

1956
David and Hermia Boyd introduced new techniques in glazing and the use of the potters wheel in shaping sculptural figures. Major exhibition of ceramic tiles and sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.

1957-58
Commenced painting The Explorer series, exhibited at the Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Clune Galleries, Sydney.

1959
Started a series of paintings based upon the extinction of the full blood Tasmanian aboriginal in the nineteenth century. Took part in issuing the Antipodean manifesto with Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval, Cliff Pugh and Bernard Smith defending the figurative images in contemporary painting in a joint exhibition in Melbourne. Exhibited The Explorers and The Tasmanians in Adelaide.

1960
Commenced a series of paintings on the theme of Law & Justice, The Trial series. Elected President of the Contemporary Art Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) and Councillor of the Museum of Modern Art of Australia (1960-62).

1961
First prize, Italian Government Art Scholarship for Australia. Chairman of the Federal Council of the Contemporary Art Society of Australia.

1962
Lived in Rome, continuing The Trial series, before returning to England. Settled in London.

1963
First one man exhibitions in London and Paris of the Trial paintings.

1964
Revisited Spain and painted Church and State series based upon this visit.

1965
One man exhibitions in London and in Australia Church and State.

1966
Discovered method of using candle flame to create images and named the technique Sfumato, a word used by Leonardo da Vinci to describe gradations of a misty tone in painting (although there is no evidence that Leonardo used a candle flame to achieve this effect)

1967-69
Exhibited Sfumato paintings in London and in Australia, including Newcastle, New South Wales. Revisited Australia. Exhibited late Sfumato and Limbo paintings in Adelaide, South Australia, Sydney series. War Games in Sydney, New South Wales. Commenced a series of paintings, The Wanderer, inspired by the life of Benjamin Boyd, an Australian adventurer of the 1840's. Retrospective exhibition of loaned works from various collections in Australia and Britain at Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, Edinburgh and Sheffield.

1970
Settled in south of France. First exhibition of Wanderer series at Adelaide Festival of Arts, South Australia. Solo exhibition von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle.

1971
Exhibited the Wanderer series in separate sections in three concurrent London exhibitions. Started a series based on mythological Orchards of Heaven, first exhibited in Brisbane, Queensland. Visited Australia.

1972
Developed theme of the Orchard and exhibited series entitled The Garden in the Wilderness in Newcastle, New South Wales. Commenced The Exiles series which formed the latest inclusion in the exhibition. Returned to France. Developed the theme The Exiles.

1973
Exhibited The Exiles series in London and in Melbourne, Victoria.

1974
Retrospective exhibition at Skinner Galleries, Perth, Festival of Arts.

1975
Returned to Australia. Retrospective Exhibition at von Bertouch Galleries, New Castle, New South Wales.

1976
Retrospective Exhibition at Bonython Gallery, Sydney.

1977
Commenced a series The Private View.

1978
Developed theme of The Private View.

1979-82
Major Retrospective Exhibition, Albert Hall, Canberra. Painted a series of works entitled The Day of The Picnic.

1983
Retrospective Exhibition 1957-82, a series of seven exhibitions, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney.

1985
Exhibition Four Seasons, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney.

1986
Exhibition A Judge in the Landscape series, Hong Kong: Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney: von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle.

1987
Exhibition Requiem for the Birth of a Nation, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney.

1988
Exhibition Antipodean Second Chapter, Lauraine Diggins Fine Arts, Melbourne; Lanyon Gallery, Canberra.

1989
S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Antipodean Second Chapter.

1990
Dedicated to Merric and Doris Boyd, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney

1991-92
The Clown in the Tree series.

1992
Survey Retrospective Exhibition: Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney; Caulfield Art Complex, Melbourne; Macquarie University, Sydney; Beaver Galleries, Canberra.

1993
Appointed Artist in Residence, School of Law, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales.

1993-94
Metaphors of Trial series - von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, New South Wales.

1995
The Legend of Europa and the Cockatoos, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales.

1996
Europa in Australia von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, New South Wales.

1996-97
Driftwood and the Hierarchy series von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle. Wagner Gallery, Sydney.

1998
Awarded Membro Albo D'oro Senato Accademico Accademia Internazionale D'arte Moderna, Rome.

2000
Gallery Savah, Sydney, Recent Etching and Paintings from the Explorers 1957-58, The Tasmanians 1959-60, The Trial 1960-64 and The Church and State 1964-65.