On Arthur Boyd

The brilliant painter Arthur Boyd (1920-99) was a member ofAustralia's most famous artistic dynasty. This excerpt fromBrenda Niall's prize-winning study, The Boyds , reveals ArthurBoyd as a man who lived in a private world of painting, family,friends and familiar surroundings, yet developed into an iconicAustralian artist, celebrated at home and abroad.

Manning Clark's History of Australia has been nominated as the most influential work of non-fiction Australia has produced. As Donald Horne wrote, Clark 'looked for great human issues and presented them as moral dramas'. In this extract from Volume 5, the tragedy of Gallipoli is played out against the broader Australian experience of World War I, as the nation, still in its infancy, struggled to make sense of the terrible conflict in Europe and its costs.Manning Clark On Gallipoli is the first title in the MUP Masterworks series, which celebrates distinguished Australian writers and ideas. This title's release coincides with the ninetieth anniversary commemorations of the landing at Gallipoli.

The brilliant painter, Arthur Boyd (1920-99) was a member of Australia's most famous artistic dynasty. This excerpt reveals Arthur Boyd as a man who lived in a private world of painting, family, friends and familiar surroundings, yet developed into an iconic Australian artist.