Kenneth Jack
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. The son of Harold James Jack (1901–1977), and Ethel Gertrude Jack (1892–1950), née Orr, Kenneth William David Jack was born in Malvern on 5 October 1924. His son-in-law Fred Schmidt is also an Australian watercolour artist. Artist. 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 in June 2006. The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award. "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. Collections. Kenneth Jack's works can be found in these collections: