Marine Artists

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="213ad6c0.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="108" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Tuke's  House & Studio (c.1910)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Marine Artists</div> <bR> <div> <I>Yachting Monthly </I>36, Vol. VI, April 1909, features <I>Cornish Girl</I>, 28 ft, Henry Scott Tuke. Lost in blizzard of <B>1891</B>.  (Yawl / Quay Punt?)</div> <bR> <div> <B>1889</B>: H.S. Tuke's stunning portrayal of desperate pumping on a leaking ship in a gale seems to epitomise</div> <div>  the hardships of life at sea in the 19th century. He clearly details the mechanics of the operation.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1b841c90.jpg" border=0 width="577" height="457" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Crop off a print of H.S.TUKE (published in Munich) bought at auction (15June00) to illustrate this site,</div> <div> and since donated to the RCPS and added to their Tuke collection (approximately 235 paintings & prints)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> FP 6/8/<B>1898:</B>     Mylor Regatta. Yachts not exceeding 24 feet and 18 feet linear rating. </div> <div> Great interest was taken in this event, owing to the first appearance of Mr. Tuckett's new yacht "<I>Sphynx</I>."  She was however beaten by<B> </B>Mr.<B> Tuke'</B>s "<I>Red Heart</I>"  by several minutes.</div> <bR> <div> FP 27/8/1898:     St. Mawes Regatta: <I>Red Heart</I>, One-rater and <I>Firefly</I>, Half-rater both owned by Mr. <B>H.S. Tuke</B>, won their respective races.</div> <bR> <div> FP 15/10/<B>1898</B>:     Mr. <B>Napier Hemy, A.R.A</B>., is the subject of a pleasant sketch in the current issue of "<I>Cassell's Magazine</I>."  </div> <div> The article says: "In <B>1881</B>, Mr. Hemy married a Falmouth lady, and the following year took up his residence in that town.  He at once started painting direct from nature.  At first <B>he used to sit in an ordinary rowing-boat, and with an umbrella to protect him from wind and sun and made his studies</B>, but the inconvenience of this soon necessitated his adopting better methods of working.  He then purchased a large<B> </B>[pilchard]<B> seine boat, 40 feet in length, 10 feet beam</B>, and built in her his first boat studio, christening her <I>"Vaudevelde</I>"  In 1888, during a stiff gale, the <I>Vaudevelde</I> was blown from her moorings with thirteen other boats, on the shore at St. Mawes.  She was got afloat again, but was not serviceable to her owner, so at great trouble, by the aid of a traction engine, she was dragged up to Churchfield, the artist's residence, and converted into a summerhouse in the garden.  Then came <I>Vender-Meer</I>, which Mr. Hemy had built from his own designs, the experience which he had with the <I>Vaudevelde</I> served him in good stead."</div> <bR> <div> 11/3/1899:     Sale by auction - Water Color (sic) Pictures from the easel of the late Mr. <B>W. Boase Smith</B>, whose paintings are well-known for softness of touch, and fine blending of colors. (Sic).  About 25 choice unframed, and, by private treaty, that magnificent picture "Helford,"  48 x 26 ins. In a beautifully gilded frame.</div> <bR> <div> FP 8/4/1899:     Falmouth Art Gallery - water colours by Mr. <B>W. Ayerst Ingram, R. B. A.</B></div> <div> 60 pictures, marine & landscapes… the most striking being, "<I>A winter arrival at New York</I>"</div> <div> - a huge liner is depicted steaming through ice floes, the leviathan is mantled with winter's garb.  The scene recalls to mind the sinking of the Germanic in the same harbour owing to heavy pressure of snow.[Also] <I>A vessel at anchor near to St. Anthony's lighthouse</I>, [and] "<I>A Close Race</I>" [and] "<I>Study of a Trawler</I>"</div> <bR> <div> FP 13/5/1899:     <B>Mr. Tuke's Academy Picture</B></div> <div> This year's Gallery, says the <I>Western Daily Mirror</I>, is noticeably weak in paintings of the nude - the stiffest test of conscientious workmanship - and Mr. Tuke's very fine picture of boys bathing is the only one that is entirely successful.  How different it is from the French Bouguereau's over-modelled, pinky coloured but delicate female nude which hangs near by!  Here we have the academic and the plein-air versions and it is impossible not to prefer the latter.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> FP 29/7/<B>1899:</B>  Falmouth Art Gallery summer exhibition. "Nearly sixty works adorn the little gallery." (Including):-</div> <bR> <div> Mr. <B>Napier Hemy, A.R.A</B>., shows four water-colours (in tempora, a medium known and used by the old masters.) It is interesting to note that at this year's Academy his "tempora" drawings fetched higher prices than any of the water-colour drawings. </div> <div> "<I>The Landing Place</I>" is the best specimen on view. </div> <div> "<I>At Mouth Mill, Clovelly</I>" depicts a swirling sea with a close-hauled boat scudding in an opposite direction.</div> <bR> <div> Mr.<B> H. M. Rheam</B>, R.I.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. <B>Ayerst Ingram, R.B.A</B>.</div> <div>  "<I>The Rescue</I>" - a large canvas. Evening, in the distance a leviathan liner - the <I>Paris</I>, perhaps - hove to. A lifeboat has been lowered and is being pulled towards a water-logged and sinking ship. The figures of the rowers are projected against a primrose coloured sky, which indicates a break in the weather. Angry waves still dash against the labouring vessel, which is partly dismantled, survivors are waving madly at the masthead as the lifeboat approaches.  One of the most stirring of pictures.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Ayerst Ingram</div> <div> 35: "<I>The Coming to an Anchorage</I>" - a small oil</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Ayerst Ingram</div> <div> 68: "<I>A Pilot Cutter passing Pendennis on its way out to sea</I>"  Full of movement, there is plenty of fine workmanship in it.</div> <bR> <div> H. S. Tuke</div> <div> Extremely impressionist in style, with true atmospheric effects, is Mr. H. S. Tuke's "<I>Approach to Venice- Early morning</I>" </div> <bR> <div> H.S. Tuke</div> <div> "<I>Wood Boats from Dalmatia</I>" - Mr. Tuke has broken fresh ground, so to speak.  He seems to revel in the queer-shaped boats and sails, with the various designs on the latter.</div> <bR> <div> <B>H.S. Tuke</B></div> <div> <B>Faithful to Falmouth, he shows some very accurate transcripts of shipping in the port.  Undoubtedly, his best work is "</B><I><B>Going to Sea</B></I><B>."</B></div> <div> He has succeeded in investing in everyday occurrence with a poetic touch.  There is the tug <I><B>Dragon </B></I>- one can tell her at a glance - attached to a splendid barque.  The hawser is not yet rigid, but the <I>Dragon</I> is under weigh.  Everything is animated, the suggestion of movement being very realistic.  With advantage, we think, the patch of green in the background might be toned a little.  It is too pronounced at present.</div> <div> One of the best portraits Mr. Tuke has ever done is that of "<I><B>Mr. H. R. Fox</B></I>," it being so lifelike and full of merit.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> FP 15/9/<B>1905</B>:     Falmouth Sailing Club.     System of Handicaps.</div> <div> Rear Commodore <B>H. S. Tuke, A.R.A</B>., thought that Handicapping was most important and was the only thing that kept Falmouth Sailing Club going. [stating] "<I>They had to do the best they could with the boats at their disposal.</I>"</div> <bR> <div> Flushing Regatta - July 30, <B>1909.</B></div> <div> A match for yachts not exceeding 10 tons, sailed in a fresh W.N.W. breeze, resulted in a win for <I>Daphne II</I>, Mr. H. S. Norton, followed by <I>Flamingo </I>(2nd prize), Mr. <B>H.S, Tuke</B>, and <I>Serena</I>, Mr. H. Long.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ===================</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Links</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>John Henry WEST:</B></div> <bR> <div> Visit another PicForum - depicting a local Falmouth artist, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ememories.com/pf/default.asp/PF=A0A19D8F7F92" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ememories.com/pf/default.asp/"><U><B><U>'Jack' West</U></B></U></A></FONT> with images courtesy of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Thumbs\David Carne & Son with a Jack West schooner (15Nov98).JPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Thumbs\David"><U><U> <a href="HTMLobj-327/David_Carne___Son_with_a_Jack_West_schooner__15Nov98_.JPG"><u>David Carne</u> </a>  </U></U></A></FONT> and other local collectors. </div> <bR> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-331/Tuke_on_beach_at_Newlyn_harbour_c.1895__Note_61PZ_Lugger_reg.__.JPG"><u>Henry Scott TUKE R.A.</u> </a>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(1858-1929) </FONT></div> <div> Works by Falmouth's best-known artist recently featured in an exhibition in Penzance. Many of the paintings were on loan from the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.falmoutharts.org/html/henry_tuke.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.falmoutharts.org/html/henry_t"><U><U>RCPS collection</U></U></A></FONT><U>. </U></div> <bR> <div> One web site displaying several of Tuke's<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.stanford.edu/~patricks/tuke.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stanford.edu/~patricks/tuke.h"><U><U> paintings</U></U></A></FONT><U> </U>is worth visiting.  </div> <div> A local collector kindly allowed me to photograph his  <a href="HTMLobj-329/Tuke_-_selection__privately_owned_by_J.T._.doc"><u>collection</u> </a>  . </div> <bR> <div> As an aside, while searching for information on Falmouth Quay Punts, the report of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Tuke's funeral & his will (Falmouth Packet reports).doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Tuke's funer"><U> <a href="HTMLobj-330/Tuke__H.S._-_1929_Funeral___Will__microfilm_Fal_Library_.pdf"><u>Tuke's funeral & Will</u> </a>  </U></A></FONT>proved quite interesting.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>