Theodore Penleigh Boyd (1890 - 1923) | Main historical dates: who, what, where, when | Collectibles and Historical Items Overview

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Theodore Penleigh Boyd

Theodore Penleigh Boyd was a British born Australian artist. Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie Boyd (née à Beckett) were well-known artists of the day, and his brothers included the ceramicist Merric Boyd and the novelist Martin Boyd. Penleigh Boyd is best known as a landscapist with an accomplished handling of evanescent effects of light. A notable influence was artist E. Phillips Fox, who introduced him to plein air techniques when they were neighbours in Paris.

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Date and place of birt:	15 august 1890, County of Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:	27 november 1923, Warragul, Australia
Nationality:	United Kingdom, Australia, England
Period of activity:	XX century
Specialization:	Artist, Landscape painter, Marine painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:	Cityscape, Landscape painting, Marine art, Portrait, Rural landscape, Self-portrait
Art style:	Realism
Technique:	Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor