Arthur Boyd
(Australia, England 24 Jul 1920–24 Apr 1999)
- Title
- The hunter II (The flood)
- Other titles:
- The flood; The forest
The Hunter - Year
- incorrectly inscribed 1945 (1944)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas on plywood
- Dimensions
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99.6 x 91.5cm board; 104.3 x 96.4 x 3.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, grey oil "A Boyd 45 [sic]".
- Credit
- Gift of Arthur Boyd and the Museum of Modern Art and Design of Australia 1972
- Accession number
- 1.1972
- Copyright
- © Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (11)
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Janet McKenzie (Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd: Art and life, London, 2000, 42 (colour illus.), 43, 62.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd retrospective, Sydney, 1993, 61 (illus. colour). Cat. no. 43
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara Series, Tokyo, 1985, 42 (colour illus.). cat.no. 23
Charles Merewether (Australia; Scotland) (Author), Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams 1931-1948, Sydney, 1984, 162 (illus.).
Christine Dixon (Author), Terry Smith (Author), Aspects of Australian figurative painting 1942-1962: dreams, fears and desires, Sydney, 1984, 17 (illus.).
Richard Haese (Australia) (Author), Rebels and precursors : the revolutionary years of Australian art, Ringwood, 1981, 210-211, 270.
Rebels and precursors: Aspects of painting in Melbourne 1937-47, Victoria, 1968, 5, 8. cat.no. 39; titled 'The Hunter' 1944; Collection of Museum of Modern Art of Australia
Franz Philipp (Austria; England, b.1914, d.1970) (Author), Arthur Boyd, London, 1967, 40 (colour illus.). cat.no. 2.37, plate no. XI; dated 1944
'Arthur Boyd' by James Mollison, pg. 114-123., Art and Australia Sep 1965, Sep 1965, 119 (illus.).
John Reed (Australia, b.1901, d.1981) (Author), Australian landscape painting, Victoria, 1965, 1, 19 (illus.).
Angry Penguins 1945, 1945, 121 (illus.). titled 'The Forest'
- Exhibition history (17)
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Contemporary Art Society Seventh Annual Interstate Exhibition (1945), Contemporary Art Society (New South Wales), 09 Nov 1945–29 Nov 1945.
Arthur Boyd (1953), Peter Bray Gallery, 15 Sep 1953–24 Sep 1953.
Rebels and precursors: aspects of painting in Melbourne 1937-1947 (1962), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Aug 1962–Sep 1962.
Rebels and precursors: aspects of painting in Melbourne 1937-1947 (1962), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Sep 1962–21 Oct 1962.
Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears and Desires (The 5th Biennale of Sydney), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 11 Apr 1984–17 Jun 1984.
Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Sep 1984–28 Oct 1984.
Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams, Art Gallery of South Australia, 15 Nov 1984–06 Jan 1985.
Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 24 Jan 1985–03 Mar 1985.
Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams, Queensland Art Gallery, 26 Mar 1985–28 Apr 1985.
Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara series from the collection of CRA Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 04 Oct 1985–06 Nov 1985.
Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s, Hayward Gallery, 19 May 1988–14 Aug 1988.
Angry Penguins and Realist Painting in Melbourne in the 1940s, Tate Liverpool, 05 Oct 1988–27 Nov 1988.
Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Dec 1993–06 Mar 1994.
Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 30 Mar 1994–23 May 1994.
Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 09 Jun 1994–21 Aug 1994.
Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 22 Sep 1994–20 Nov 1994.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
