Alfred Wallis

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Alfred Wallis was a self-taught British fisherman-turned-painter whose simple, expressive seascapes made him a key figure in 20th-century naïve art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fisherman
folk artist
human
painter
artEducation none
associatedWith St Ives School
burialPlace St Ives
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1855-08-18
dateOfDeath 1942-08-29
familyName Wallis
genre marine art
seascape painting
givenName Alfred
hasWorkInCollection Kettle’s Yard
Tate
influenced Ben Nicholson
Christopher Wood
movement naïve art
outsider art
name Alfred Wallis
nationality British
notableFor depictions of ships and harbours
influence on St Ives artists
simple expressive seascapes
occupation fisherman
painter
scrap dealer
paintingMedium household paint
paintingStyle limited colour palette
non-perspectival
simplified forms
paintingSurface cardboard
scrap materials
placeOfBirth Devon
Devonport
England
Plymouth
placeOfDeath Cornwall
England
Madron
religion Methodism
residence Cornwall
St Ives
selfTaught true
startedPaintingAfter death of his wife
startedPaintingIn his seventies
subjectMatter coastal scenes
fishing boats
harbours
sailing ships

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Naïve art notableArtist Alfred Wallis
St Ives School of artists hasMember Alfred Wallis
Alfred Wallis name Alfred Wallis