Robin (Gerard Penleigh) Boyd b. 1919

  • Architect
Mid 20th century Melbourne Modernist architect, author, critic and illustrator. Born into the artistic Boyd dynasty, he was a partner of the Grounds, Romberg and Boyd practice from 1953 to 1962 and was internationally respected as Australia's leading architecture critic from the late 1940s until his death in 1971. Domestic furniture designed by Boyd ca.1958 is also known.

Citations

  • Boyd, Robin (1952), 'Australia’s Homes’.

  • Clerehan, Neil (1993), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13.

  • Boyd, Robin (1960), 'The Australian Ugliness’, Melbourne, Vic : F. W. Cheshire.

  • Riddler, Eric (1994), 'Illustrating the Australian Ugliness’, Albury, NSW : Charles Sturt University, seminar paper.

  • “Boyd Collection Launch” 1958, 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra, commission: two sofas, a dining table, two coffee tables, a sideboard and a daybed.

    http://robinboyd.org.au/event/boyd-collection-launch/

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists