Merric Boyd
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 in extensive chronicling of his family and surroundings in pencil drawing. He has been called the father of Australian studio pottery.
The Boyd family of many generations includes painters, sculptors, architects and other arts professionals, starting with Boyd's parents Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie Boyd. Boyd's brothers were Penleigh, a landscape artist, and Martin, a writer. He and his wife, Doris, raised the painters Arthur and David, and sculptor Guy. Their eldest daughter, Lucy, was a ceramic painter.