Because he had absolutely no formal training, or connection to any kind of “scene”, Tucker toys with describing Eric as an “outsider artist”. His father objects, Eric’s brother, ...

Eric Tucker – the uncle of this book's author ... Eric's childhood was deprived and marked by bereavement. He had no formal art training, and in early adulthood suffered "upsetting" art-world ...

When Eric Tucker died, aged 86 ... pubs and industry. A self-taught artist who as a young man gained a professional boxing licence, he emerges as a larger-than-life personality: over the course ...