Henry Tonks

1862–1937

Henry Tonks, ‘Rosamund and the Purple Jar’ exhibited 1900 — Rosamund and the Purple Jar exhibited 1900
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Biography

Henry Tonks, FRCS (9 April 1862 – 8 January 1937) was a British surgeon and later draughtsman and painter of figure subjects, chiefly interiors, and a caricaturist. He became an influential art teacher.

He was one of the first British artists to be influenced by the French Impressionists; he exhibited with the New English Art Club, and was an associate of many of the more progressive artists of late Victorian Britain, including James McNeill Whistler, Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent and George Clausen.

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Artworks

Henry Tonks, ‘Rosamund and the Purple Jar’ exhibited 1900

Henry Tonks Rosamund and the Purple Jar

exhibited 1900

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Henry Tonks, ‘Saturday Night in the Vale’ 1928–9

Henry Tonks Saturday Night in the Vale

1928–9

N04614

Henry Tonks, ‘Sodales - Mr Steer and Mr Sickert’ 1930

Henry Tonks Sodales - Mr Steer and Mr Sickert

1930

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Henry Tonks, ‘Spring Days’ 1928

Henry Tonks Spring Days

1928

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Henry Tonks, ‘Portrait of the Artist’ 1909

Henry Tonks Portrait of the Artist

1909

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Henry Tonks, ‘Auguste Rodin’ 1914

Henry Tonks Auguste Rodin

1914

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Henry Tonks, ‘A Girl with a Parrot’ c.1893

Henry Tonks A Girl with a Parrot

c.1893

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Henry Tonks, ‘Summer’ 1908

Henry Tonks Summer

1908

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Artist as subject

Sir Max Beerbohm, ‘The New English Art Club’ 1907

Sir Max Beerbohm The New English Art Club

1907

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Henry Tonks, ‘Saturday Night in the Vale’ 1928–9

Henry Tonks Saturday Night in the Vale

1928–9

N04614

Henry Tonks, ‘Portrait of the Artist’ 1909

Henry Tonks Portrait of the Artist

1909

N03231

Sir Max Beerbohm, ‘Annual Banquet: A Suggestion to the New English Art Club’ 1913

Sir Max Beerbohm Annual Banquet: A Suggestion to the New English Art Club

1913

View by appointment N04332

Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Anna Hope Hudson Letter from Walter Sickert to Nan Hudson, addressed 6 Mornington Crescent, London

date not known

View by appointment TGA 9125/5/143

Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands, ‘Letter from Walter Sickert to Nan Hudson’ [c.1914]

Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands Letter from Walter Sickert to Nan Hudson

[c.1914]

View by appointment TGA 9125/5/12a

Eileen Agar, Andrew Lambirth, ‘Typewritten lecture entitled ‘Surrealism in England in the 1930s’ given by Andrew Lambirth and Eileen Agar at the Royal College of Art’ [1988]

Eileen Agar, Andrew Lambirth Typewritten lecture entitled ‘Surrealism in England in the 1930s’ given by Andrew Lambirth and Eileen Agar at the Royal College of Art

[1988]

View by appointment TGA 9222/2/3/3

Henry Scott Tuke, ‘Diary of Henry Scott Tuke’ 12 March 1899–31 December 1905

Henry Scott Tuke Diary of Henry Scott Tuke

12 March 1899–31 December 1905

TGA 9019/1/1/1

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [c.1915]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1915]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/29

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