Henry Tonks ( born Henry Tonks , April 9, 1862 , Birmingham - January 8, 1937 , London ) is an English artist and doctor. One of the first impressionists in the UK .
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 Photograph of Henry Tonks by George Charles Beresford , 1902 . | |
| Date of Birth | April 9, 1862 |
| Place of Birth | Birmingham |
| Date of death | January 8, 1937 ( 74) |
| Place of death | London |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
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| Style | impressionism |
Life and work
Henry Tonks was born into a wealthy family. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol , then studied medicine at Brighton University ( 1882 - 1885 ) and at the Royal Hospital in London ( 1885 - 1888 ). In 1888, Tonks defended his doctoral work and then practiced at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Henry Tonks began to study painting at the London Technical Institute, under the direction of the artist Frederick Brown , who strongly advised Tonks to change his profession to an artist. Since 1892 - continues painting at the School of Fine Arts Slade . During this period, G. Tonks gets acquainted and becomes friendly with such masters as James Whistler , Walter Sickert and John Singer Sargent . During the First World War, Henry Tonks serves in France , is a member of the Royal Medical Corps. Particularly successful was his contribution, both as a doctor and as an artist, to plastic surgery . Like Sargent, Tonks was awarded the title of “military artist”, which allowed him to create a series of paintings on front-line workdays.
After the war and homecoming, Tonks joined the New English Art Club ( NEAC ). Later elected President of the School of Fine Arts, Slade , and holds this position until his retirement in 1930 .
According to the artist’s name, the graphic is called the “ Tonking-Technik ” technique, which consists in contrasting the pattern with charcoal or pencil, which allows you to erase yourself or smear it with a scarf. At the same time, the image density decreases and it becomes possible to use the charcoal to develop the details of the picture in more detail.