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1922 Melbourne, Australia - 2015 Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia. Known for: Portrait, oceanscapes, islander figure painting.
Ray Austin Crooke AM (12 July 1922 – 5 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. Early life. Ray Crooke... Read full biography
Ray Austin Crooke AM (12 July 1922 – 5 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. Early life. Ray Crooke was born in Auburn, Victoria in 1922. He spent time in Townsville, Cape York and other parts of... Read full biography
Ray Austin Crooke AM (12 July 1922 – 5 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. Early life. Ray Crooke was born in Auburn, Victoria in 1922. He spent time in Townsville, Cape York and other parts of northern Australia joining the Australian Army during World War II, service number VX88344 between August 1941-July 1946. After the war, he enrolled in Art School at Swinburne University of Technology and... Read full biography
Ray Austin Crooke AM (12 July 1922 – 5 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. Early life. Ray Crooke was born in Auburn, Victoria in 1922. He spent time in Townsville, Cape York and other parts of northern Australia joining the Australian Army during World War II, service number VX88344 between August 1941-July 1946. After the war, he enrolled in Art School at Swinburne University of Technology and later travelled to New Guinea, Tahiti and Fiji. In 1949 he travelled to the Torres Strait, returning to Melbourne in 1951 to marry June Bethell. A diary of his time in the Torres Strait is held by the State Library of Queensland. His portrait of the... Read full biography
Ray Austin Crooke AM (12 July 1922 – 5 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. Early life. Ray Crooke was born in Auburn, Victoria in 1922. He spent time in Townsville, Cape York and other parts of northern Australia joining the Australian Army during World War II, service number VX88344 between August 1941-July 1946. After the war, he enrolled in Art School at Swinburne University of Technology and later travelled to New Guinea, Tahiti and Fiji. In 1949 he travelled to the Torres Strait, returning to Melbourne in 1951 to marry June Bethell. A diary of his time in the Torres Strait is held by the State Library of Queensland. His portrait of the novelist George Johnston won the Archibald Prize in 1969, and the University of Q... Read full biography
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Art Media
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Awards/Recognition
- •Archibald Prize for Portrature, Australia