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Title
Normanton, North Queensland
(1962)
Artist
Ray Crooke
Australia
1922 - 05 Dec 2015
About
This work was a finalist in the 1962 Wynne Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1963.
Details
Date
(1962)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.2 x 106.7 cm stretcher; 93.6 x 123.8 x 5.5 cm frame :
0 - Whole, 74 x 104.8 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
Signature & date
Signed l.l., "R. Crooke". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1963
Location
Not on display
Accession number
OA4.1963
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Ray Crooke
Normanton, North Queensland
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Competitions 1962, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Jan 1963–17 Feb 1963
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, 1968–1969
Escape Artists - modernists in the tropics:
- Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns 30 May 1998–30 Aug 1998
- Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton 23 Sep 1998–31 Oct 1998
- Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane 21 Nov 1998–10 Jan 1999
- Mosman Regional Gallery 19 Jan 1999–24 Feb 1999
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 05 Mar 1999–09 May 1999
- Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 21 May 1999–27 Jun 1999
Encounters with country: Landscapes of Ray Crooke:
- Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns 08 Sep 2005–23 Oct 2005
- Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington 24 Jan 2006–26 Mar 2006
- S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks 19 May 2006–25 Jun 2006
- Orange Regional Gallery, Orange 30 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
- University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane 12 Aug 2006–01 Oct 2006
- Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill 13 Oct 2006–20 Nov 2006
Referenced in 3 publications
Bibliography
Dennis Colsey and Hal Missingham, One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 28 (illus.). cat.no. 37
Gavin Wilson, Encounters with country: landscapes of Ray Crooke, Cairns, 2005, 35 (colour illus.), 69. List of works; no catalogue numbers
Gavin Wilson, Escape artists - modernists in the tropics, Cairns, 1998, 62 (colour illus.), 179.