OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 8 December 1931, Page 12

OBITUARY.

♦ SIR JOHN LUKE. (rRK93 ASSOCIATION THi-UOJIAM.) WELLINGTON, December 7. Tli'e death occurred late this afternoon of. Sir John Luke, aged 73 years: l-'ov many years he was a member of IVrliament and 'Mayor ot\ Wellington for eight yeurs, .including the ) vtir period. Ho was defeated for Wellington North in the 3928 General Election, and stood again at last week's election, although opposed )).v official Coalition aiul Labour candidates. Under the uders of his doctor he did not take the platform during the «e---inMiding upon newspapers and pamphie b for making his policy known. Mil ROBERT PROQTER. Now Zealand lost one of its besLUnown artists by the death ol Mi Robert, Procter, *at Melbourne on November 27th. Mr Procter was well Known in Christchurch, where he was 0. ought up and where he received his schooling and early training in art. Vs a bov lie won the art scholarship ut tho East Christclnircli School, which took him to the School 'of Art, where he successfully studied for some veal's. He was also - a pupil of the late Mi r. Van der Veldcn. Later on he went io Europe and studied at the Academte Julien in Paris, and the Aeademie des Deaux Art, Antwerp. He lived in Holland, painting and sketching Some rears afterwards he again returned li Europe and lived in Italy, painting and sketching in Venice. Rome, Horence, ;m(l other cities. His pictures ot Dutch and Venetian scenes as well as New Zealand subjects are well known for their light and colouring and are to be found in the main galleries ot New Zealand. Mr Procter was a master "at the Cfiristclnireh School of Art, the Elam School of Art, Auckland, and at the time of his death was on the ait staff of the Businessmen's and Technical College, Melbourne. He married Miss Pearson, a'so a, Christchurch artist, and she and her two daughters are in Melbourne.