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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alfred Wallis canonical 3

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Statements (52)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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