Boy Rowing Out From a Rocky Shore Metal Print

metal prints henry scott tuke english truro england victorian edwardian york falmouth

paintings henry scott tuke english truro england victorian edwardian york falmouth

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This is a reproduction of Henry Scott Tuke’s painting, “Boy Rrowing Out From a Rocky Shore” of about 1894. A reproduction of a work by Henry Scott Tuke, “Boy Rowing Out From a Rocky Shore” of 1889. The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. Technically, Tuke favored rough, visible brushstrokes, at a time when a smooth, polished finish was favoured by fashionable painters and critics. He had a strong sense of colour and excelled in the depiction of natural light, particularly the soft, fragile sunlight of the English summer. Had his choice of subject matter been more orthodox, Tuke might have become a major name in British painting: as it was he remained a niche painter. This work is a fine example of Tuke’s wonderful work. The original painting is on display in the Ro...

Troy Caperton was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. Raised in South Louisiana from 1953, he graduated from Baylor University in 1976 and pursued a Masters in History at the University of Louisiana until 1988 when he moved to Austin, Texas. For over ten years Caperton has been selling his original art and reproductions of original work and the masters through various portals on the Internet. One of his works won a Juror�s Prize at Austin�s Art Erotica in 2010. He has always been employed in helping positions and continues to produce works for the enjoyment of the public.