British Painter and photographer , 1858-1929 English painter. He entered the Slade School of Art, London, in 1875, under Alphonse Legros and Sir Edward Poynter. In 1877 he won a Slade scholarship and in 1880 travelled to Italy, where he made his first nude life drawings, an important revelation to him of light, colour and the human form. From 1881 to 1883 he was in Paris and met Jules Bastien-Lepage, who encouraged his studies en plein air.   Related Paintings of Henry Scott Tuke :. | ALL HANDS TO THE PUMPS | Portrait of Johnny Jackett | A detail from Ruby | Four Masted Barque | Self portrait |
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