HOUSES

The School Houses


 * Boyd || Nolan || Lyndsay || Drysdale ||
 * **Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd** was born at Murrumbeena, Melbourne, on 24 July 1920, the second child of Merric and Doris Boyd, both potters and painters. He attended occasional night classes at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, but was mostly taught by his family, and in particular his artist grandfather Arthur Boyd, with whom he lived at Rosebud, Victoria from 1936 to 1938. His first solo exhibition was held in Melbourne in 1937.

In 1993 Boyd donated his one thousand hectare property, Bundanon, to the nation as well as several thousand works of art from five generations of Boyd's and other Australian artists.

In 1979 Boyd was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), in 1992 Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), and in 1995 was named Australian of the Year.

Arthur Boyd died in East Melbourne on 24 April 1999. Arthur Boyd was also famous for original etchings, silkscreens and prints over his long working life in fine art. || **Sir Sidney Robert Nolan OM, AC** (22 April 1917 – 28 November 1992) was one of Australia's best-known painters and print makers.

Nolan painted a wide range of personal interpretations of historical and legendary figures, including explorers Burke amd Wills and Eliza Fraser. || **Norman Alfred William Lindsay** (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, sculptor, writer, cartoonist, scale modeler and boxer. He was born in Creswick Victoria.

Lindsay is widely regarded as one of Australia's greatest artists, producing a vast body of work in different media, including pen drawing, etching, watercolour, oild and sculputres in concrete and bronze. || **Sir George Russell Drysdale**, AC (7 February 1912 – 29 June 1981) was an Australian artist. || || ||  ||  ||
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