57. Cyril Whiteoak
Flaxmill Bay
Watercolour
35 x 51 cm
Signed, inscribed & dated 2000
est. $300 - 500
Fetched $425
Relative Size: Flaxmill Bay
Relative size

Provenance: Artist's Estate Collection

Paintings and sketches by the late landscape artist Cyril Whiteoak are owned by collectors throughout the world. Whiteoak was a keen traveller but the bush and Manukau Harbour views from his Titirangi home studio also inspired his work. Whiteoak spent 30 years teaching at The Auckland Society of Arts and travelled throughout New Zealand as a roving tutor, eventually winning a Bledisloe Award for services to the industry. He trained as an artist and gained high results in a City and Guilds of London Institute exam. He was made a Freeman of City London for his e orts - a traditional English honour dating back to medieval times. He served in the Royal Air Force as a medical attendant during World War Two and spent time in Egypt where he covered hospital walls with murals. Whiteoak came to New Zealand in the late 1950s after a brief stint in Australia with his only brother John. He enjoyed many painting trips to places like India, Afghanistan, Europe, China, America and Siberia. Whiteoak was a member of West Auckland Historical Society and the learning network University of The Third Age. He won merit awards in the Kelliher Art Awards in 1965 and 1966.

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