Kenneth Jack is one of Australia’s best known artists. He was born in Melbourne in 1924, and studied at RMIT under John Rowell. Before taking up full time painting in 1968, he held numerous senior art teaching and advisory positions.
Kenneth has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas, and has won over 40 major prizes in Australia and overseas. Jack was awarded the MBE in 1982 and the AM in 1987 for services to the arts. Also awarded the Medal Of Honor, American Biographical Institute in 1987. Kenneth designed a mural for Expo 67 in Montreal, and a tapestry coat of arms for the Australian pavilion at Expo 70.
Works are held in many major collections worldwide, including all Australian State galleries, the V&A Museum, London, the Royal Collection, UK, and a large number of works in the Australian War memorial, Canberra (about 400 of them, I believe).
References:
All professional Australian art references, plus numerous pres articles, a monograph by Lou Klepac (Bay Books 1988) and a review of his work published by Australian Artist Editions in 1972.