William Merric Boyd (1888 - 1959)
William Merric Boyd
William Merric Boyd, known more as Merric Boyd, was an Australian artist, active as a ceramicist, sculptor, and extensive chronicling of his family and environs in pencil drawing.
Boyd established a studio workshop at Murrumbeena and pottery kilns were established there in 1911 with the support of his family. He studied under Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery School and where he took up ceramics as a path to sculpture, but settled on pottery as his medium. He held his first exhibition of stoneware in Melbourne in 1912 and his second exhibition at Besant Lodge soon afterwards.
Boyd's best works were produced between 1920 and 1930; mostly pieces for domestic use, often decorated by his wife Doris, and some pottery sculptures. He and Doris often used Australian flora and fauna as decorative motifs.
| Date and place of birt: | 24 june 1888, Saint Kilda, Australia |
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| Date and place of death: | 9 september 1959, Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australia |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Ceramist, Painter, Sculptor |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Technique: | Pencil, Graphite, Hand graphic |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Clay, Faience |
