Albert Lee Tucker (29 December 1914 – 23 October 1999) was a prominent Australian painter and member of the Heide Circle, a group of modernist artists and writers associated with Heide, the Melbourne home of art patrons John and Sunday Reed. Born in Melbourne, Tucker left school at the age of 14 to support his family, taking on various jobs including house painting and commercial illustration. Despite lacking formal art training, he attended evening life drawing classes at the Victorian Artists' Society for seven years, honing his skills and developing a keen interest in modern art movements.