Boyds: A Family Biography; Author: Niall, Brenda; Hardback; Book

Author: Niall, Brenda
Hardback; Book; 38 Colour Illustrations, 90 B&w Illustrations
392 pages
Published: April 2002
Melbourne University Press
ISBN: 0522848710

The Boyd family is Australia's most remarkable artistic dynasty. For over four generations the family has produced painters, architects, and sculptors of international standing. This familybiography traces the emergence of an extraordinary artistic tradition and analyzes the distinctive family values that have sustained it. Not merely an art history or a coffee table book, this is a detailed, imaginatively written history of Australia's most creative and distinctive artistic family.This is a family biography of one of Australia's most well-known artistic dynastys. It traces the emergence of an extraordinary artistic tradition and places the Boyds in their historical and personal contexts, telling the stories of their careers, and analyzing the influences on their lives.