British Artists: Alfred Wallis

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The British Artist Series books are affordable and accessible introductions by leading authorities to some of the greatest figures in British art. Alfred Wallis spent most of his life in the Cornish ports of Newlyn, Penzance and St Ives, and went to sea as a young man. His main occupation was as a dealer in marine supplies and he was in his seventies before he took up painting ‘for company`. He sold his works for a few pence, and died in the poorhouse. Wallis is now recognised as one of the mo

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