GEORGE BOYS (1930 – 2014)
Fighting Cocks
Year unknown
oil and acrylic
Size unknown
BIOGRAPHY
George Boys was a South African painter, whose bright, energetic paintings were influenced by Russian-born artist and theorist Wassily Kandinsky and Japanese calligraphy. His signature style was non-figurative abstraction and often depicted Cosmos flowers against vast abstract landscapes.
Born in Johannesburg, Boys received his formal training at the Witwatersrand Technical Art School in Johannesburg and later lectured at the Pretoria Art Centre. At the age of 32, his first solo exhibition at Gunther Gallery sold out. He went on to represent South Africa at the São Paulo Biennale in 1965 and at the Athens Art Festival in 1976.
He emigrated to New Zealand in 1996.