Mary Perceval Australia, 1926-2016
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About aka Mary Boyd aka Lady Mary Nolan Perceval
Born Mary Boyd in Melbourne in 1926, she was the youngest child of the artist potters Doris and Merric Boyd, and grew up in Murrumbeena, Melbourne. The Boyd household was a centre for creative young people during the 1940s, including the emerging painters Sidney Nolan and John Perceval. She left school at 14, and in 1944, aged 18, she married John Perceval. Together they had four children and moved to London in 1963, joining Sidney Nolan and her brothers. They had four children together. During this period the reputation of the group was growing steadily and becoming international. Nolan and the Boyd brothers were already established in London by the time the Perceval family moved there in early 1963, setting up household and studio in Highgate, north London where she developed her skills as a photographer and documented the generation of famous Australians emerging in London. In 1965 they returned to Australia but by 1970 she was divorced from Perceval and then returned to Britain, living in a farmhouse in Hertfordshire. She was joined there after a few years by Sidney Nolan, by that time a widower and they married shortly after. During the 1980s, they travelled to China, Africa, Australia and America and she documented their travels in diaries and photographs. In 1983 they moved to a 15th-century manor house and farm, The Rodd, straddling the Welsh border near Presteigne. They converted the tithe barn into a gallery and concert space through the Sidney Nolan Trust, which they formed in 1985. After Sidney’s death in 1992, Mary devoted the rest of her life to developing the work of the trust.
According to our records which cover the last 50 years, only 3 works by this artist have been sold by auction, of the 3 works offered for sale.
aka Mary Boyd aka Lady Mary Nolan Perceval is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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