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Open Country was a property in Murrumbeena, Victoria which was home to members of the artistic Boyd family from 1913 until 1964.
History[edit]
In 1913, Merric Boyd, ages 25, moved from Yarra Glen to the sparsely populated suburb of Murrumbeena.[1][2] A possible attraction to living in Murrumbeena was that Merric's uncle, a doctor, lived in the area, and he would be able to provide discreet medical assistance with Merric's epilepsy.[3] His parents purchased for him 8 Wahroonga Crescent, a double block, where a house designed by Merric was built.[1] The house was named Open Country Cottage.[4] The building was simple weatherboard structure that contained two modest bedrooms, a kitchen, a pantry, a bathroom, a vestibule, a laundry and a veranda, all of which were centred around "The Brown Room".[4][2] The Brown Room was a large multi-purpose room intended to be used by the whole family for eating, socialising, reading and sketching.[4] Merric soon added a pottery studio and workshop separate to the house.[2][4] Because of the clay deposits in the area, Merric was able to dig up raw materials for his pottery on the property.[4]
Merric married artist Doris Gough in 1915 who moved in to Open Country with her husband.[2] The following year, Doris's mother and Merric's parents, Arthur and Minnie, also bought properties on Wahroonga Crescent. All of their blocks were connected turning the north side of the street into a large Boyd territory.[5] Merric's siblings, Helen and Martin, were not impressed with the family's new home in Murrumbeena, and they thought it excessive that Merric and Doris had three grandparents living so close-by.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Niall 2007, p. 167.
- ^ a b c d Hurlston & Bunbury 2014.
- ^ Niall 2007, p. 171.
- ^ a b c d e Niall 2007, p. 168.
- ^ Niall 2007, p. 169.
- ^ Niall 2007, p. 169-170.
Sources[edit]
- Bungey, Darleen (2007). Arthur Boyd: a life. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74176-700-1. OCLC 569990314.
- Haese, Richard (1981). Rebels and precursors :The Revolutionary Years of Australian art. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-1362-2. OCLC 8196122.
- Hurlston, David; Bunbury, Alisa (13 October 2014). "Outer Circle: The Boyds and the Murrumbeena Artists". NGV. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- Milgrom, Lilianna (October 2017). "I Love a Sunburnt Counrty: The Boyds of Murrumbeena". Ceramics, Art and Perception. 106: 74–77 – via ProQuest.
- Montana, Andrew (1 September 2002). "Many Mansions: art historian Andrew Montana considers the Boyd dynasty and its houses as national symbols in the light of Brenda Niall's new biography of the family". Meanjin. 61 (3): 33–42. ISSN 0815-953X. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- Niall, Brenda (2007). The Boyds. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-522-85384-1. OCLC 225217532.
- Stephens, Andrew (28 November 2014). "Boyd family's Murrumbeena gatherings a fount of inspiration for Australian artists". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2022.