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The father of Henry Tonks was a manufacturer and owned a brass foundry in the English city of Birmingham. The young Tonks studied medicine after school and college and then worked as a surgeon in various hospitals in London for several years. Finally he taught anatomy to students at the Royal Free Hospital London. At the age of 28, Henry Tonks, who was interested in art, began to study in evening classes at Westminster School of Art in addition to his medical and teaching activities. His teacher was the well-known painter and art teacher Frederick Braown. Only three years later Tonks exhibited his first works at the New English Club, where he became a member a few years later. When his teacher was offered a chair of fine arts at University College London, Tonks followed him and became a teacher of painting himself. He had an outstanding reputation, although he was somewhat feared by students, especially because of his "strict surgeon's view". Among his students were some who later became famous painters themselves, such as Paul Nash, William E.C. Morgan, Harold Gilman and Winifred Knights.
With the beginning of World War I, Tonks resumed his dormant medical career and worked first as a doctor in various English prisoner of war camps. Later he was a surgeon in a Red Cross hospital in France (Marne) and in a hospital in Italy. He became a lieutenant in the Royal Medical Army Corps and at the same time served as an official martial artist among others on the Western Front. He also worked together with Harold Gilles, who captured facial injuries of wounded soldiers in pictures, which were later shown in exhibitions under the name "Faces of Battle".
After the war Henry Tonks returned to University College London and was Släde Professor and successor to Frederick Brown from 1918 to 1930. He retired in 1930 and died seven years later at his home in Chelsea. He founded a family. Henry Tonks was one of the first painters in Great Britain to be inspired by French Impressionism. He was also a caricaturist. He worked together with famous painters like Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler. Among his outstanding works are the pastel drawings that the artist made by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin and his wife.
The father of Henry Tonks was a manufacturer and owned a brass foundry in the English city of Birmingham. The young Tonks studied medicine after school and college and then worked as a surgeon in various hospitals in London for several years. Finally he taught anatomy to students at the Royal Free Hospital London. At the age of 28, Henry Tonks, who was interested in art, began to study in evening classes at Westminster School of Art in addition to his medical and teaching activities. His teacher was the well-known painter and art teacher Frederick Braown. Only three years later Tonks exhibited his first works at the New English Club, where he became a member a few years later. When his teacher was offered a chair of fine arts at University College London, Tonks followed him and became a teacher of painting himself. He had an outstanding reputation, although he was somewhat feared by students, especially because of his "strict surgeon's view". Among his students were some who later became famous painters themselves, such as Paul Nash, William E.C. Morgan, Harold Gilman and Winifred Knights.
With the beginning of World War I, Tonks resumed his dormant medical career and worked first as a doctor in various English prisoner of war camps. Later he was a surgeon in a Red Cross hospital in France (Marne) and in a hospital in Italy. He became a lieutenant in the Royal Medical Army Corps and at the same time served as an official martial artist among others on the Western Front. He also worked together with Harold Gilles, who captured facial injuries of wounded soldiers in pictures, which were later shown in exhibitions under the name "Faces of Battle".
After the war Henry Tonks returned to University College London and was Släde Professor and successor to Frederick Brown from 1918 to 1930. He retired in 1930 and died seven years later at his home in Chelsea. He founded a family. Henry Tonks was one of the first painters in Great Britain to be inspired by French Impressionism. He was also a caricaturist. He worked together with famous painters like Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler. Among his outstanding works are the pastel drawings that the artist made by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin and his wife.