Robert Bliss, Boy Standing At The Edge Of The Beach, 1969

Robert Bliss, Reclining boy, 1968

Robert R Bliss

Henry Scott Tuke, Comrades, 1924

This is one of the last paintings Tuke did before he died in March 1929, of the semi-clad male figure by the sea leaning on the rocks, bathed in Cornish sunlight. It features one of his most loyal and longstanding models in Tuke's later years, Charlie Mitchell (1885 – 1957).

Exactly. They can't allow us any "free" time since then we would have the time to reflect upon how ridiculous the capitalist system is and how profit is actually just theft. They have to keep us exhausted and struggling so that we don't have the energy for anything else. Capitalism needs around 5% unemployment in part to ensure that people are afraid to lose their jobs.

Robert Bliss, Standing boy in dark swim trunks, 1958

Rlbert Bliss, Boy with a green oar, 1962