Alfred Wallis
E880068
Alfred Wallis was a self-taught British fisherman-turned-painter whose simple, expressive seascapes made him a key figure in 20th-century naïve art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfred Wallis canonical | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fisherman
ⓘ
folk artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artEducation | none ⓘ |
| associatedWith | St Ives School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1855-08-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-08-29 ⓘ |
| familyName | Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
marine art
ⓘ
seascape painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Kettle’s Yard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ben Nicholson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
naïve art
ⓘ
outsider art ⓘ |
| name | Alfred Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devonport NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ Plymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ Madron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selfTaught | true ⓘ |
| startedPaintingAfter | death of his wife ⓘ |
| startedPaintingIn | his seventies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
coastal scenes
ⓘ
fishing boats ⓘ harbours ⓘ sailing ships ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.