Horace Tuck (1876-1951) might well be described as Norfolk's `forgotten' artist. While his paintings appear at auction from time to time, his name means little to those in his native county, and still less is known about him in the wider art world. Yet his work deserves wider recognition. He is known to have painted in the company of Alfred Munnings (1878-1959), and from his twenty years of teaching at Norwich School of Art (1920-1939), he was fondly remembered by those he taught, influencing a generation of artists.

Described by contemporary Norfolk artist Colin Self as `rich and sumptuous, like baked bread', Tuck's painting style is not easy to categorise. Recognised as 'Late' Norwich School his work retains echoes of his illustrious Norfolk fore­bears, the giants of the Norwich School, including Cotman and Crome. His paintings evoke a rural idyll that once characterised the Norfolk landscape but which was already fading from memory as Tuck's life drew to a close.

The majority of paintings in this book come from a single private collection. Most are of recognisable Norfolk scenes: from the coast and -landscape around Sheringham and Cromer, to the Broads, as well as a number in and around the city of Norwich. Others depict working scenes and the everyday life of people in the Norfolk countryside: boatbuilders, farm labourers and the fishermen and women.