| AdminHistory | Henry Tonks(1862-1937) was Slade Professor of Fine Art from 1918-1930.
Tonks initially trained in medicine and his early life was spent as a surgeon. He began working at the London Hospital in 1886 and later at the Royal Free Hospital in 1888. From 1888 he studied in the evenings at Westminster School of Art under Frederick Brown and he exhibited paintings with the New English Art Club. When Brown became Slade Professor of Fine Art in 1892, Tonks began teaching at the Slade. He resumed his medical career during WWI and became an official war artist in 1918. He then succeeded Brown as Slade Professor of Fine Art. |