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Name	Albert Lee Tucker
Born	29 December, 1914 Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	23 October, 1999 (aged 84) Wantirna, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Malvern Central School (Vic) (student, 1919-1929) Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne) (student, 1930-1931)
Occupation or Descriptor *	commercial artist (1931-1947) Victoria, Australia modernist artist (1935-1999) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	Australian Army Medical Corps (artist, 1942-1942) Heidelberg Military Hospital (Melbourne) (artist, 1942-1942)
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1984)
Groups *	Heide Circle (member, 1938-1990)
Legacies *	Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation (eponym, 2015)
Key Organisations *	Victorian Artists' Society (member, 1933-?) Contemporary Art Society (Vic) (council member, 1938-?) Contemporary Art Society (Vic) (president, 1943-?) Australian Galleries (member, 1962-1966)

* Dates are approximate

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