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H e n r y S c o t t T u k e 1 8 5 8 - 1 9 2 9 Tuke was born in York into a prominent family of Friends (Quakers). His father Daniel Hack Tuke was a prominent campaigner for humane treatment of the insane. The Tuke ancestry can also be also traced back to Sir Brian Tuke (replacement of Sir Thomas More) as adviser to King Henry V of England. In 1885 he settled in Falmouth, then still a remote and romantically rustic part of the country, with mild climate agreeable for nude open air activities than other British regions. He bought a fishing boat and converted it into a floating studio and living quarters. Most of his works depict young men who swim, dive and lounge, usually naked, on a boat or on the beach. Tuke's paintings undoubtedly appealed to gay men, but they are never explicitly sexual. The models' genitals are almost never shown, they are never in physical contact and there is never any suggestion of overt sexuality. Because of his subject matter, Tuke was unable to sell many of his works, except to a select circle of homosexual art collectors. But he was also well known as a portraitist, and maintained a London studio to work on his commissions. Among his best known portraits is that of soldier and writer T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"). Technically, Tuke favored rough, visible brushstrokes, at a time when a smooth, polished finish was favoured. He had a strong sense of colour and excelled in the depiction of natural light, particularly the soft, fragile sunlight of the English summer. Had his choice of subject matter been more orthodox, Tuke might have become a major name in British painting: as it was he remained a niche painter. After his death Tuke's reputation faded, and he was largely forgotten until the 1970s, when he was rediscovered by the first generation of openly gay artists and art collectors. He has since become something of a cult figure in gay cultural circles, with lavish editions of his paintings published and his works fetching high prices at auctions.

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