At age 18, he entered the Slade School, London in 1927 under Henry Tonks, where he was a contemporary of William Coldstream.
æɾ ˈeɪdʒ ˈeɪtiːn, hiː ˈɛntɚd ðə slˈeɪd skˈuːl, lˈʌndən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən ˌʌndɚ hˈɛnɹi tˈɔŋks, wˌɛɹ hiː wʌzɐ kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ʌv wˈɪljəm kˈoʊldstɹiːm.