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''Gleaming waters'' is a painting by the British painter Henry Scott Tuke. It is the largest work he ever painted.Christie's: ''Henry Scott Tuke – Gleaming waters,'' lot essay by Catherine Dinn. Auction: ''Important British and Irish Art,'' London, 30 November 2000, lot 22, sold for GBP 201,750 The composition of the painting shows a bathing scene with boys on the seashore in Cornwall. This painting had not been shown in Britain since the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition of 1911, where it was exhibited as number 441 and offered at the price of GBP 400.Royal Academy of Arts, London: ''Gleaming waters – Henry Scott Tuke,'' exhibition catalogue of the 143rd exhibition, motto ''Rien sans peine,'' Gallery number VII, exhibition number 441, price GBP 400. William Clowes and sons, limited, printers to the Royal Academy, London, 1911 The painting was believed to be lost until its sale on 30 November 2000 by Christie’s in London. Description The painting show ...
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Henry Scott Tuke
Henry Scott Tuke (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929) was an English artist. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style and he is best known for his paintings of nude boys and young men. Trained at the Slade School of Art under Alphonse Legros and Sir Edward Poynter, Tuke developed a close relationship with the Newlyn School of painters, his work being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, of which he became a Full Member. In addition to his achievements as a figurative painter, he was an established maritime artist and produced many portraits of sailing ships. He was highly prolific, with over 1,300 works listed and more being discovered. Early life Henry Scott Tuke was born at Lawrence Street, York, into the prominent Religious Society of Friends, Quaker Tuke family. His older brother William Samuel Tuke was born two years earlier in 1856. His father, Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), a well-known medical doctor specialising in psychiatry, was a campaigner for humane ...
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