Emma Minnie Boyd
Emma Minnie Boyd (23 November 1858—13 September 1936), born Emma Minnie à Beckett, was an Australian artist.
Emma Boyd | |
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| Born | Emma Minnie à Beckett 23 November 1858 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 13 September 1936 (aged 77) Sandringham, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Landscape painting |
| Spouse | Arthur Merric Boyd |
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| Relatives | Arthur Boyd; Guy Boyd (grandsons) |
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Boyd exhibited publicly between 1874 and 1932. She showed with the Victorian Artists Society, the Centennial International Exhibition 1888 (Melbourne), the Royal Academy of Arts (London), and in a joint show with her husband at Como House in Melbourne in 1902, amongst other venues. Over one hundred pounds worth of artworks were sold at the 1902 exhibition and commissions were given for further copies of works sold. She had a talent for watercolour landscapes, although she painted in both watercolour and oil, and a mix of interiors, figures, portraits, still life and flower studies. She is part of the Boyd Artistic Dynasty, an Australian artist family, which began with Emma and her husband Arthur and the work that they created that influenced their children and grandchildren to pursue artistic careers.