// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Kenneth Jack? Jack of all trades.
Kenneth William David Jack AM MBE RWS, (5 October 1924 – 10 June 2006) was an Australian watercolour artist who specialised in painting the images of an almost forgotten outback life: old mine workings, ghost towns, decaying farm buildings.
Family
[edit]The son of Harold James Jack (1901–1977), and Ethel Gertrude Jack (1892–1950), née Orr,[1] Kenneth William David Jack was born in Malvern on 5 October 1924.[2]
His son-in-law Fred Schmidt is also an Australian watercolour artist.
Artist
[edit]He became a professional painter at the age of 39 after giving up his job as senior instructor at the Caulfield Institute of Technology, and continued as a prolific painter until his death on the 10th of June 2006.
Recognition
[edit]- 1977: elected to the Royal Watercolour Society.
- 1982: awarded the MBE: "for service to the arts".[3]
- 1987: awarded the Order of Australia (AM): "for service to the arts, particularly to watercolour painting".[4]
The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award
[edit]The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award was established in his honour in 2007 by The Australian Guild of Realist Artists. The inaugural winner was Margaret Gurney.[5]
Collections
[edit]Kenneth Jack's works can be found in these collections:
- Royal Collection at Windsor.
- Victoria and Albert museum.
- National Gallery of Australia.
- The Australian War Memorial
- The capital city collections of every Australian state.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Deaths: Jack, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 September 1950), p.17.
- ↑ Births: Jack, The Argus, (Saturday, 11 October 1924), p.13.
- ↑ New Years Honours: Victoria: MBE, The Canberra Times, (Thursday, 31 December 1981), p.8.
- ↑ Australia Day Honours: Member (AM) General Division, The Canberra Times, (Monday, 26 January 1987), p.6.
- ↑ Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award, The Australian Guild of Realist Artists.
