Guy Martin \u00e0 Beckett Boyd<\/strong>\u00a0(12 June 1923 \u2013 26 April 1988) was an Australian potter and figurative sculptor noted for his ability to represent sensuality in the female nude with fluid forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boyd turned away from this commercial work and to a full-time career in sculpture in 1965 when he held his first solo show at Australian Galleries in Melbourne. His commissions include sculptures in both Melbourne and Sydney’s international airports,\u00a0Caulfield Town Hall, the Commonwealth Bank, and has pieces in the\u00a0National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. He had exhibitions of his work in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. In 1968 he won a\u00a0Churchill Fellowship\u00a0to study art overseas. He was recognized with a large format monograph,\u00a0Guy Boyd<\/em>\u00a0written by gallerist\u00a0Anne Von Bertouch\u00a0and art historian Patrick Hutchins and published by Lansdowne Press. Later that year Guy and Phyllis migrated to Canada with their four younger children, settling in Toronto in 1976, but returned to live in Australia five years later. He was appointed the Art Advisor to\u00a0Deakin University\u00a0in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taken From: Guy Boyd (sculptor) – Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n