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114. RAY CROOKE

(1922-2015)
ISLAND EVENING
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
39 x 49cm

Estimate: $6,000/$9,000

A quiet man who preferred to operate outside the mainstream of Australian painting, Ray Crooke developed a deep affinity with the subjects he chose to paint, particularly the light patterns he would observe. He was fond of both the beach and the bush, appreciating the sense of space each environment offered.

Crooke was a truly original painter, ...

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