Ruth Tuck

Ruth Tuck
"The Triple Mirror" self-portrait of Ruth Tuck
Born
Ruth Edith Tuck

(1914-07-22)22 July 1914
Cowell, South Australia
Died8 October 2008(2008-10-08) (aged 94)
Known forPainting
Spouse
Mervyn Ashmore Smith
(m. 1943)

Ruth Edith Tuck OAM (22 July 1914 – 10 October 2008) was a modernist painter of South Australia, noted for joint exhibitions with her husband Mervyn Ashmore Smith (11 December 1904 – 18 March 1994), and her influence as a teacher of painting. The Ruth Tuck Art School, founded by her in 1955, continues to operate in Adelaide. She was related to the better-known Marie Tuck.