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Ruth Tuck b. 22 July 1914

Also known as Ruth Edith Tuck
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Prominent South Australian artist particularly in the 1940s, honoured by Flinders University as 'a teacher and a watercolour painter at the forefront of the fight for the acceptance in Australia of modernism in art'. Watercolour painter of flowers, landscape and portraits, Tuck was also a prolific draughtsperson and teacher.
  • Biographical Data b. 22 July 1914 Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, SA
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 10 people
  • Groups 4 groups
  • Works 1 work
  • Exhibitions 9 exhibitions
  • Collections 8 collections
  • Recognitions 6 recognitions
  • References 8 references
  • received
    Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Honorary Life Member South Australia Branch of the Contemporary Art Society
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Honorary Life Member Royal South Australian Society of Arts, SA
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Awarded a Doctor of the University of South Australia, 1998
    Dates
    1998
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Flinders University
    Dates
    1994
    Recognition type
    Award
    Description

    Chancellor’s Medal

  • received
    Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts
    Dates
    1950
    Recognition type
    Award
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Created Jan. 1, 1995
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