Wallis was a semi-literate Cornish fisherman, a little mentally unbalanced and largely deaf, who took up painting at the age of seventy, never having received any tuition. He painted largely out of loneliness, selling his pictures for a few pence to anyone who wanted them. He died in a workhouse abo...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Unicorn Press 2014
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Wallis, Alfred / 1855-1942 Wallis, Alfred > 1855-1942 Painters / England / Cornwall (County) / Biography Painters / England / Cornwall (County) / Criticism and interpretation Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:	Wallis was a semi-literate Cornish fisherman, a little mentally unbalanced and largely deaf, who took up painting at the age of seventy, never having received any tuition. He painted largely out of loneliness, selling his pictures for a few pence to anyone who wanted them. He died in a workhouse above Penzance at the age of eighty-seven. Wallis used to paint old scraps of cardboard, most of them oddly shaped and supplied by the local grocer. He insisted on using ship's paint, a medium which he understood, and he employed very few colours. His subject was usually the sea and boats - scenes he had known during his early days as an Atlantic seaman and offshore fisherman. Painting was for him a dip into the memories of the past. Despite his lack of training, during his lifetime Wallis had a few distinguished patrons, for the most part artists, scholars and museum officials, among whom were Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and H. S. Ede (then at the Tate Gallery)
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	112 S. überw. Ill. 28 cm