HENRY SCOTT TUKE RA (1858-1929)
Biography – Henry Scott Tuke
Henry Scott Tuke was born in York in England in 1858. Tuke was a portrait, figure and marine painter. He was educated at the Slade School of Fine Art in London in 1875, Florence 1880 and Paris 1882. He started to paint in Newlyn and later in Falmouth in 1885.
He undertook portraits of local fishermen and sailors leading on to groups of nudes. Being on the coast he also painted passing shipping and harbour views including timber ships, clipper ships and Royal vessels.
H.S.Tuke made painting trips to the South of France, Italy and Corfu. He travelled to the West Indies in 1923 and painted local watercolours scenes including ‘Kingston Harbour’.
Signs work H.S.Tuke with the year e.g. “H.S.Tuke 1914”
Member of:
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour.
Exhibited:
Royal Society of Artists,
Cooling & Sons Gallery
Fine Art Society in London
Grosvenor Gallery
Glasgow Institute
Goupil Gallery
New English Art Gallery
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Royal Academy
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Hibernian Academy
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour
Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours
Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery
Related artists : W.L.Wyllie, Charles Dixon and Norman Wilkinson
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Title: The Bather c.1915
Medium: Original signed watercolour painting
Title: Implacable Towing out of Falmouth
Medium: Original signed watercolour painting
Title: Along the Italian Riviera, boats in Monaco harbour.
Medium: Original signed watercolour painting