The women who gave up their art to make Arthur Boyd a celebrated artist

The women who gave up their art to make Arthur Boyd a celebrated artist


When she became a wife and mother, she had less time to paint and instead took photographs of her family in their daily lives and on their international travels in the 60s, including threading daisy chains in the grass or brushing their teeth in the river. "It has the promise of the 60s in it, and of Australians being overseas, and that great energy that came from suddenly Australians going overseas and coming back and moving back and forth. In Melbourne tram, Yvonne is part of the tradition of Australian artists, including Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Charles Blackman, who, in the 40s, used their art to illustrate the impact of the war.

Author: Hannah Story


Published at: 2025-12-20 19:56:23

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