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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associate of
Dorrit Black
1891
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Mary Packer Harris
1891
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ivor Hele
1912
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
relative of
Marie Tuck
1866
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
second cousin
associate of
Marie Tuck
1866
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Mervyn Smith
Artist
associate of
Shankar Pillai
Other occupation
associate of
Käthe Kollwitz
Other occupation
associate of
Dr Wolfgang Schwarz
Other occupation
associate of
Phyllis McKillup
1914
Artist (Painter)

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Related recognitions
  • Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (received)
  • Honorary Life Member South Australia Branch of the Contemporary Art Society (received)
  • Honorary Life Member Royal South Australian Society of Arts, SA (received)
  • Awarded a Doctor of the University of South Australia, 1998 (received)
  • Flinders University (received)
  • Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts (received)
  • Awarded a Doctor of the University of South Australia, 1998 (received)
  • Flinders University (received)
  • Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (received)
  • Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts (received)
  • Honorary Life Member South Australia Branch of the Contemporary Art Society (received)
  • Honorary Life Member Royal South Australian Society of Arts, SA (received)