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Ray Crooke AM
Ian Fairweather, c. 1966
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Crooke 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Ray Crooke AM
Zelman Cowen, c. 1977
Portrait, pencil and oil on canvas laid on chipboard
Gift of David Crooke 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Ray Crooke AM
Xavier Herbert (study), c. 1977
Portrait, oil on canvas on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Ray Crooke AM
Biography
Ray Crooke AM grew up in Melbourne, where after army service in WA, North Queensland and Borneo, he trained at Swinburne Tech from 1946 to 1948.
3 portraits in the collection
Max Dupain OBE
Rosemary Dobson, 1981
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
2011
Portrait Donors
Donors
$25,000+
Honour board
A man of superior attainments
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of a colonial portrait artist, writer and rogue Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
Ray Crooke
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1963
Max Dupain
The Vintage Years
Previous exhibition, 2003
During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people