Penleigh Boyd b. 15 August 1890

Also known as Theodore Penleigh Boyd
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Early 20th century Melbourne painter and cartoonist and the son of painters Arthur Merric Boyd Snr and Emma Minnie Boyd. As a seargant in the AIF during WWI Penleigh Boyd drew numerous cartoons and sketches but he was also a painter whose work was hung on several occasions in the Royal Academy of Art in London.
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associate of
Victorian Artists' Society
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associate of
Melbourne Savage Club
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