Alfred Wallis

1855–1942

Alfred Wallis, ‘St Ives’ c.1928
St Ives c.1928
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Modern Art and St Ives: Paris, London and St Ives 1920–1940

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Alfred Wallis (18 August 1855 – 29 August 1942) was a Cornish fisherman and artist.

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  • Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, ‘Glacier Crystal, Grindelwald’ 1950

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  • Henri Rousseau (`Le Douanier’), ‘Bouquet of Flowers’ c.1909–10

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  • Ben Nicholson OM, ‘June 1937 (painting)’ 1937

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  • Sven Berlin, John Wells and Peter Lanyon hanging their work for the first St Ives-based Crypt Group of Artists exhibition 1946

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    The Real St Ives story

    Michael Bird , Anthony Frost , Andrew Lanyon and Rose Hilton

    For a few extraordinary years in the post-war era, the small town of St Ives was an art centre of ...

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