“Evening Glow” by Arthur Merric Boyd

Artwork

This very fine watercolour was one of 34 paintings donated by Claude Hotchin to Collie in 1954. The Boyd surname is famous in Australian cultural life. This artist is known as Arthur Boyd senior (1862 - 1940) and he and his wife Emma Minnie (nee a’Beckett) began the Boyd artistic dynasty which included painters, sculptors, potters, musicians and writers.

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Collie Art Gallery

The contemporary-designed Collie Art Gallery is a shining example of a community never giving up on its dream. For forty years, the community pursued the idea of having a new gallery, and finally, in...

Address:

134 Throssell Street
Adjacent to the railway line near the AMPOL Service Station
Collie WA 6225
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9734 2921

Email:

admin@collieartgallery.org.au

Open Hours

Thurs to Mon 10am - 4pm

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