Tucker, Albert (1914-1999), was a pioneer Australian Expressionist and Surrealist painter. Tucker's most famous work is a series of more than 30 paintings called Images of Modern Evil (1943-1947). The paintings are Tucker's angry indictment of a society he saw as corrupt and debased. The series portrays a nightmarish and threatening night world with a central image of a grotesque female form. Tucker's portraits of murderers and other criminals are comparable with those of the German Expressionists. From 1947 to 1960, Tucker lived and worked in Europe, Japan, and the United States, continuing his themes of violence and sexuality.