Mervyn Ashmore Smith

Mervyn Ashmore Smith OAM (11 December 1904 – 18 March 1994) was an Australian artist.

He was born in Sydney,[1] trained as an architect and was for a time town planner for Newcastle, but spent his later years in Adelaide.

He was married to the notable watercolour artist and art teacher Ruth Tuck (22 July 1914 – 10 October 2008), whose father was Marie Tuck's cousin.

From 1949 to 1953 they lived in Newcastle, where he was employed as planning officer with the Northumberland County Council.

[2] Then returned to Adelaide, where they frequently held joint exhibitions of their work.