# Kenneth Jack

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'''Kenneth William David Jack''' [AM](/source/Order_of_Australia) [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) [RWS](/source/Royal_Watercolour_Society), (5 October 1924 – 10 June 2006) was an Australian [watercolour](/source/watercolour) artist who specialised in painting the images of an almost forgotten [outback](/source/outback) life: old mine workings, [ghost town](/source/ghost_town)s, decaying farm buildings.

==Family==
The son of Harold James Jack (1901–1977), and Ethel Gertrude Jack (1892–1950), née Orr,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22909689 Deaths: Jack, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 14 September 1950), p.17.]</ref> Kenneth William David Jack was born in Malvern on 5 October 1924.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2049020 Births: Jack, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 11 October 1924), p.13.]</ref>

His son-in-law Fred Schmidt is also an [Australia](/source/Australia)n [watercolour](/source/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](/source/Caulfield_Institute_of_Technology), and continued as a prolific painter until his death on the 10th of June 2006.

==Recognition==
* '''1977''': elected to the [Royal Watercolour Society](/source/Royal_Watercolour_Society).
* '''1982''': awarded the MBE: "for service to the arts".<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126868718 New Years Honours: Victoria: MBE, ''The Canberra Times'', (Thursday, 31 December 1981), p.8.]</ref>
* '''1987''': awarded the [Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) (AM): "for service to the arts, particularly to watercolour painting".<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119477819 Australia Day Honours: Member (AM) General Division, ''The Canberra Times'', (Monday, 26 January 1987), p.6.]</ref>

==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](/source/The_Australian_Guild_of_Realist_Artists)''. The inaugural winner was [Margaret Gurney](/source/Margaret_Gurney_(artist)).<ref>[https://www.agra.org.au/kjam-drawing-prize Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award, ''The Australian Guild of Realist Artists''.]</ref>

==Collections==
Kenneth Jack's works can be found in these collections:
*[Royal Collection](/source/Royal_Collection) at [Windsor](/source/Windsor_Castle).
*[Victoria and Albert museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_museum).
*[National Gallery of Australia](/source/National_Gallery_of_Australia).
*[The Australian War Memorial](/source/The_Australian_War_Memorial)
*The capital city collections of every Australian state.

==Notes==
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==References==
* [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=964911&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Kenneth William David Jack (125555), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.]

==External links==
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/melbourne-in-a-past-light/2005/06/21/1119321730602.html ''Melbourne Age'' "Melbourne in a past light" 22 June 2005 retrieved 20 June 2006]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003720/http://www.australianart.com.au/artists.php?ID=94 Kenneth Jack at Australian Art]
* [http://www.kennethjack.com.au Kenneth Jack website]
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