Kenneth Jack
Artist
(1924 – 2006)
On consignment
Basalt Gorge & Waterhole, Einesleigh QLD (crop)
Watercolour 1997
71 x 103 cm
Existing Frame
$6800 ONO
Narranderra (detail crop)
Watercolour
42 x 59 cm
Existing Frame
$4800 ONO
Church at Ross
Watercolour 28x36 cm
Existing Frame
$ 1800 ONO
Peter’s Black Stump Hotel (detail crop)
Merriwagga
Watercolour 31x44 cm
Existing frame
$5500 ONO
Brief Biographical Notes
1924
Born Melbourne
1943-1945
War Service RAAF Survey & Cartographical draughtsman: New Guinea & Borneo with 500 war drawings in War Memorial, Canberra.
Studied Art at RMIT
1955 Onwards
Member of Australian Watercolour Institute
1946-1968 Education Dept Art Instructor incl. sixteen years at Caulfield Tech (CIT)
1967 Designed & painted mural for the Austra;ian Pavilion, Expo 67 Montreal
1968 Founder of Painting & Printmaking Depts, becoming Head of Dept in 1968
1969-1976
Member CIT Council
1970
Designed tapestry coat of Arms for the Australion, Expo 70 Osaka
1974
Since 1974 Member of Natn Register of Prominent American & International Notables
1977
Elected to Royal Watercolour Services, London
1979-1981
President of the Australian Branch of London’s Old Watercolour Society’s Club; Patron for several years from 1981
1980-1983
Foundation Member of Federal Government’s Artbank Board
1982
Awarded MBE for services to Art
1987
"Awarded AM- Member of Order of Australia (AM) for services to art particularly to Watercolour Painting
Awarded Medal of Honour , American Biographical Institute"
1984-2023 To be completed
REPRESENTED
In Collections of HM King’s Grandmother, Victoria & Albert Museum London, Cincinnati Art Museum, National Collection Canberra , All State Capital City National Art Galleries
PUBLICATIONS
1988 Kenneth Jack: Monograph, Bay Books
1990 Kenneth Jack World War II Paintings & Drawings, Boolarong Pubications