David Boyd 'Death of Burke' portrait Image Size: 33 x 64

Image Size: 33 x 64 cm

it embodies Picasso’s lasciviousness

John Peart

numbered and titled lower left

Gill DEL-MACE (1947 - 2024)

David Boyd 'Death of Burke' portrait Image Size: 33 x 64David Boyd, member of the Boyd family dynasty, is among the great feelers of Australian art. His work crosses universal and mythological themes, using poetry, philosophy and history to articulate the human experience. Death of Burke is a rich work. It references the ill fated expedition of Wills and Burke, two Australian explorers who descended into the bush in 1860. While waiting for rescue, Wills died of exhaustion and starvation; soon after, Burke