Colin Smith will be the guest speaker at the Brighton Cemetorian’s 2022 AGM. He will speak on The Life and Art of Penleigh Boyd  

Theodore Penleigh Boyd (15 August 1890 – 27 November 1923) was a British born Australian artist.

Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) and Emma Minnie Boyd (née à Beckett) were well-known artists of the day, and his brothers included the ceramicist Merric Boyd (1888–1959) and the novelist Martin Boyd (1893–1972). His son Robin Boyd (1919–1971) became a famous and influential architect, educator and social commentator, and his nephews Arthur Boyd, Guy Boyd and David Boyd became prominent artists.

Penleigh Boyd is best known as a landscapist with an accomplished handling of evanescent effects of light. A notable influence was artist E. Phillips Fox, who introduced him to plein air techniques when they were neighbours in Paris in 1912–3. At his death his obituarists compared him to Arthur Streeton and rated him as one of the most promising painters of his generation.

Event to be held at the Camden Hotel in the Upstairs Function Room  – 414 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South at 1pm. Refreshments will be served – please advise if any dietary requirements.

Ring 9558 4248 [Bookings essential]