Richard Jack RA RI (15 February 1866 – 30 June 1952) was a painter of portraits, figure subjects, interiors and landscapes, and prominent war artist for Canada.

Jack was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts in February 1914 and a full Academician in 1920 and his Diploma Work, in the RA archives, is an oil painting of his daughter Doris and the family dog entitled On The Moors.

Two large paintings were commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook: The Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April to 25 May 1915, and The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917.

[1] His large oil Return to the Front showing a crowded troop train at Victoria Station, London hangs in York Art Gallery.

[2] He subsequently painted portraits of Queen Mary,[3] King Alphonso of Spain, and various interiors at Buckingham Palace.