Lot 675: Ray Nestor 1888-1989- Portrait of a girl; oil on

Ray Nestor 1888-1989- Portrait of a girl; oil on canvas board, 39.5x29cm: together with a portrait study of a man and a floral still life study, both in oils on canvas, the latter two signed, 55.7x45.746x35.5cm., (3) (part unframed) Note: Ray Nestor 1888-1988. Ray Nestor worked in all mediums, for many years depicting scenes from his beloved Kenya (where he has a permanent exhibition at Moi University), and then, in the latter part of his life, having left Africa and retired to Sussex, images from English life. In 1988 The Fountain Press published a book of his pictures and memoirs 'An African Sketchbook' with an introduction by Elspeth Huxley.The flowerpiece and the horse racing watercolours would date to the time after he returned to England. The portrait is probably from the Kenyan period when he painted principal characters from the famed Muthaiga Club (subject of the film 'White Mischief').