Henry Scott Tuke, 1858-1929

H. S. Tuke, Four Masted Barque, 1914

Henry Scott Tuke painted boys and he painted ships. His boys were nude and his ships were sailing vessels.

I much prefer the maritime works, but discovering and studying them requires sifting through a seemingly endless oevre of boys.

Four Masted Barque is virtuoso watercolor. I do wonder how this particular medium came to be such a focus of English art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.