Albert Tucker (1914–1999) was one of Australia’s renowned artists and a key exponent of Australian modernism. Primarily known as a figurative painter, he critically responded to the world around him through his art.
In 1939, Tucker acquired his first camera and began documenting his life and the people and places that mattered to him. His photographic archive includes studies used as source material for his paintings, alongside rare and intimate portraits of family and friends who became leading figures in Australian modernism and the Heide circle.
The Tucker Portraits explores the role of photography in Tucker’s artistic practice, from inspiration for his paintings to intimate visual records of Australia’s social, cultural and political life.
The exhibition is a Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) touring exhibition, supported by the City of Monash, Creative Victoria and the Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation. It is curated by Anouska Phizacklea, MAPh Director.
Image Details: Albert Tucker, Joy Hester, Fitzroy Gardens, 1942, gelatin silver print, 10.1 × 15.8 cm. Courtesy of the Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation.
