Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)

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Henry Scott Tuke born in New York (1858) died 80 years ago in Cornwall(UK).

Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) is the painter of nude youthful males shown in the open air, in natural surroundings, usually by the sea. Henry Scott Tuke likes to paint local boys fishing, sailing, swimming and diving.

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He became popular again in 1970. He was one of the first openly to celebrate homo-eroticism in our countries. Sir Elton John has got with time a large private collection of Tuke paintings.

His best known paintings from this period is August Blue (1893-1894), a study of four mostly nude youths bathing from a boat.