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Connaught Brown and Alon Zakaim Fine Art are delighted to present Eric Tucker: Characters and Places
Following three outstanding exhibitions, this new show presents a selection of never-before-seen works from Eric Tucker’s estate – including preparatory works and their finished counterparts, which offer a rare glimpse into the artist’s creative process and the people and places which quietly shaped his world. -
Eric (centre) with his drinking buddies in The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker, p. 87 -
Eric’s family knew he painted, but did not realise the extent of his artistry until near the end of his life, in 2018, when he revealed his desire to have an exhibition. It was then that they discovered a treasure trove of remarkable paintings and drawings hidden throughout his modest end-terrace house — in spare rooms, cupboards, even in compostable bags in an old air raid shelter. What emerged was the life’s work of a gifted, self-taught artist, who had quietly chronicled the people and places he was a part of for over sixty years.
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Available works
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Characters and places
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“His circumstances didn’t exactly bring art to him – in fact he grew up in surroundings almost bereft of it – but it reached him anyway through his hunger to seek it out.” - Joe Tucker, The Secret Painter, p. 199
Eric's nephew Joe recalls how he kept scraps of paper and pencils in his jacket pocket. At the pub, he would discreetly sketch below the tabletop. During family holidays, Eric would slip away for hours at a time. Many of these quiet absences were spent secretly producing drawings of his surroundings – such as Preparatory drawing for 'Bar Scene with Photo on Wall' (above).
Only after Eric’s death, when his family began matching drawings to paintings, did they realise that he would stow away these drawings in his back pockets and take them back to his painting room to be assembled into complete compositions: “This was his process. The secret painter” (Joe Tucker, The Secret Painter, p. 65).
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Available works
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Step inside Tucker's world
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Available works
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Eric TuckerBottle DeptWatercolour and pencil on paper27.1 x 36.2 cmSigned 'E Tucker.' lower rightSold
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art -
Eric TuckerDisused Railway LineOil on board36 x 46 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower right
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 10,500.00 -
Eric TuckerPreparatory Drawing for 'Disused Railway Line'Pencil on paper23.1 x 40.6 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower left
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 2,500.00 -
Eric TuckerFlat Cap with Lady in Floppy HatOil on board43 x 50 cmSigned 'E Tucker' centre right
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 11,000.00
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Eric TuckerHouses in LatchfordOil on board40 x 44 cm
Signed 'E Tucker' lower left
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 13,000.00 -
Eric TuckerLady with Pram, Gent with Shoping TrolleyOil on board57 x 61 cmSigned 'ERIC' lower left
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 16,000.00 -
Eric TuckerStreet Scene with Van (version 2)Oil on board35 x 45 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower left
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 12,000.00 -
Eric TuckerStreetsweeperOil on board40.5 x 53 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower right
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 13,000.00
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Eric TuckerGent Fancies LadyOil on board48 x 68 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower left
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 13,000.00 -
Eric TuckerTwo Couples in a LaneWatercolour and pencil on paper17 x 27 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower right
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 4,000.00 -
Eric TuckerBridgewater at GrappenhallWatercolour and pencil on paper26 x 33.2 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower rightSold
On view at Connaught Brown -
Eric TuckerPreparatory Drawing for 'Mill Hill, Bolton'Pencil on paper28.7 x 42.5 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower left
On view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 2,500.00
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Eric TuckerWilliams Tarr, BuilderPastel on paper32.2 x 39.2 cmOn view at Alon Zakaim Fine Art£ 5,000.00
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Eric TuckerBruiser with FagOil on canvas board25.2 x 30.3 cmSigned 'E. Tucker.' lower leftSold
On view at Connaught Brown -
Eric TuckerDonkey RideOil on board38 x 47.5 cmSigned 'Eric.' lower left
On view at Connaught Brown£ 12,000.00 -
Eric TuckerLady in Blue, Gent with CiggieOil on Board45 x 60 cmSigned 'E Tucker' lower right
On view at Connaught Brown£ 12,000.00
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A young Joe with '"Uncle Eric" in The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker, p. 88
The Secret Painter
Eric Tucker: Characters and Places follows the publication in January 2025 of critically-acclaimed biography The Secret Painter, penned by Tucker’s nephew Joe Tucker – a heartwarming exploration of his uncle’s elusive world.
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We will be hosting a special preview day across Connaught Brown and Alon Zakaim Fine Art from 10am-7.30pm on Thursday 1/05, and a book signing with Joe Tucker in the afternoon.
The exhibition will be running until the 30/05 and both galleries are open on weekdays, 10am-6pm.
