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Portrait Artist
Presented by Hugh Hammersley through the Art Fund 1917
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<p>Tonks was teaching at the Slade School of Art when he painted this self-portrait. As a teacher, Tonks placed a lot of emphasis on figure drawing, and here he puts this into practice by sitting next to a window to show the effects of light and shade on his face. His legs are positioned close to the viewer, enabling him to demonstrate the rules of foreshortening.</p><p>Tonks was known to inspire terror in his pupils, and this is apparent from his sober clothing and stern expression, which are barely softened by the soft furnishings of the room.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
2013-03-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-03-22
Image of the British School
Collection based display
9 April 2022 – 19 June 2022
2022-06-19
9 April 2022 – 19 June 2022
2022-06-19
2022-04-09
Royal West of England Academy (Bristol, UK)
2022-04-09
Me, Myself, I: Artists' Self-Portraits
Loan-out
Portrait of the Artist
frame: 980 × 770 × 85 mm, 9 kg
support: 806 × 597 mm
Presented by Hugh Hammersley through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1917
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<span class="text14">Tonks was teaching at the Slade School of Art when he      painted this self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>. As  a teacher, Tonks placed a lot of emphasis      on figure <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a>, and here he puts this into practice by sitting next to a      window  </span><span class="text15">to show the effects of light and shade  
on his face. His legs are positioned </span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text14">close to the viewer, enabling him to demonstrate the rules      of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/f/foreshortening" title="Glossary definition for 'Foreshortening'"><span>foreshortening</span></a>.</span><span class="text0"> 
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<span class="text0">Tonks was known to inspire terror in his pupils, and      this is apparent from his sober clothing and stern expression, which are barely      softened by the soft furnishings  of the room.
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2004-09-10T00:00:00
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<p><b>N03231</b> PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST 1909
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Henry Tonks 1909’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 31 3/4×23 1/2 (81×59·5).
<br/>Presented by Hugh Hammersley through the National Art-Collections Fund 1917.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Hugh Hammersley by 1911.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Coronation Exhibition</i>, Shepherd's Bush, 1911 (787); Tate Gallery, October–November 1936 (22).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Hone, 1939, pp.81 and 85.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Studio</i>, XLIX, 1910, p.3; <i>Apollo</i>, 111, 1926, facing p.1 (in colour); <i>Studio</i>, CXIII, 1937, p.84.</p>
<p>Painted when the artist was living at 88 Edith Grove, S.W.10; shortly afterwards, in the winter of 1910–11, he moved to The Vale, Chelsea.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-16T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture artist, painter arts and entertainment domestic features fine arts and music interior - non-specific interiors man named individuals objects paintbrush palette people portraits self-portraits sitting Tonks, Henry window work and occupations