Painter,
potter and printmaker Arthur Boyd AC OBE (1920–1999) was one of
Australia’s greatest artists. Working between Australia and the UK
during the 1960s and 70s, he explored deeply humanistic themes as well
as biblical and mythological narratives set in the Australian bush.
Yvonne Lennie (1920–2013) studied at the National Gallery School in
Melbourne, winning prizes for drawing, and met Arthur at an art class.
They married in 1945, Yvonne first teaching art to supplement their
income, then becoming Arthur’s business manager and mother to their
three children.
In
the early 1970s, the Boyds bought a property on the Shoalhaven River on
the south coast of New South Wales, Bundanon, which means ‘deep valley’
in Dharawal language. Photographer Greg Weight took this informal
kitchen portrait in the family homestead. The couple’s vision was for
the property to ‘be accessible to any Australian whose life can be
enriched by interaction with Australian creative artists’ – they gifted
Bundanon to the Australian people in 1993
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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