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.
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exhibited at
Look, Look Again
Date
20 October 2011 - 15 December 2012
Place
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Exhibition showcasing highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (CCWA), which was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007. A companion publication titled 'Into the Light’ that documented the history and key works of the CCWA was released to coincide with the exhibition, which also featured a symposium – 'Are we there yet?’ – discussing women’s participation in art and art history and the future of feminism in the arts.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/past/look-look-again
exhibited at
Women and Art
Date
4 August 1995 - 5 August 1995
Place
Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Description

auction preview for Dalia Stanley Auctioneers, auction held 6 August 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Let's Face It
Date
July 1995
Place
Carrick Hill, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
South Australian Women Artists: paintings from the 1890s to the 1940s
Date
15 April 1994 - 17 July 1994
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Presented for the South Australian Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in 1994, included in PastPresent as a precursor to the National Women’s Art Exhibition of 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Ruth Tuck: Five Decades of Paintings
Date
1986
Place
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of Watercolours by Ruth Tuck and Mervyn Smith
Date
1947
Place
John Martin's Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society's Anti-Fascist Exhibition
Date
4 January 1943 - 25 January 1943
Place
Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society: Exhibition 1942
Date
4 August 1942 - 15 August 1942
Place
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
First Exposition of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Associate Contemporary Group
Date
July 1942
Place
Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Biven, Rachel (1976), 'Some Forgotten... Some Remembered', Norwood, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Bruton, Dean (1986), 'Recollections: Contemporary Art Society of South Australia 1942-1985', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Hylton, Jane (1989), 'Adelaide Angries', Adelaide, SA : Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Wilson, Shirley Cameron (1988), 'From Shadow into Light', St Peter's, SA.>, <ExternalResource: (1977), 'Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Ruth Tuck', Adelaide, SA : Adelaide Fine Art and Graphics Gallery catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Hylton, Jane (1994), 'South Australian Women Artists', Adelaide, SA : Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Interior and photograph of Tuck shown in Nanette Carter & Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. Frances Burke, Designer of Modern Textiles. Melbourne Univ. Press, 2021, 221 pages, illustrated, p.186>] [<ExternalResource: Biven, Rachel (1976), 'Some Forgotten... Some Remembered', Norwood, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Bruton, Dean (1986), 'Recollections: Contemporary Art Society of South Australia 1942-1985', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Hylton, Jane (1989), 'Adelaide Angries', Adelaide, SA : Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Wilson, Shirley Cameron (1988), 'From Shadow into Light', St Peter's, SA.>, <ExternalResource: (1977), 'Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Ruth Tuck', Adelaide, SA : Adelaide Fine Art and Graphics Gallery catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Hylton, Jane (1994), 'South Australian Women Artists', Adelaide, SA : Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.>]