Tudor St George Tucker

Tudor St George Tucker (28 April 1862 – 21 December 1906) was an English painter who spent a large part of his short life in Australia. He was best known for his landscapes and portraits of women.

Biography

He was the son of Captain Charlton Nassau Tucker, a retired Bengal Cavalry officer. His grandfather, Henry St George Tucker, had served as Chairman of the East India Company. Much against his family's wishes, he chose to become an artist. Always a rather sickly child, he went to Melbourne in 1881 in search of a healthier climate. where the students included Ina Gregory (1874-1964), Bertha Merfield, Ambrose Patterson, Mary Meyer and Violet Teague, many of whom attended their summer schools at Charterisville.

The Australian climate did little or nothing for his failing health, so he decided to return home to London in 1899. He also exhibited in Liverpool and Birmingham. Tucker died on 21 December 1906 of tuberculosis in London. He suffered much from his ill health and painted relatively little.

He is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and Warrnambool Art Gallery.