Alfred Wallis: Painter and Mariner

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	Alfred Wallis: Painter and Mariner
abailart
1-10-2009 6:24 AM
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abailart says:
A life story, by the way, which I read some years ago after visiting an exhibition, which is amazing. As I recall, his main media were six pots of acrylic paint from the local hardware store, and the backs of cereal boxes.
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									This site draws together resources surrounding one of St Ives most recognisable and celebrated artists.
									<P>Resources available to visitors include an extensive gallery of his works, biographical information, suggested further reading and where to go to see Wallis's work both in the UK and overseas.</p> <P><STRONG>Please use the drop down menu above to begin exploring.</STRONG></p> <P><A href="http://www.alfredwallis.org.uk/about2.html">Click here for an introduction to the site</A></p> </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Wallis&oldid=262106526" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Wallis&oldid=262106526" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Wallis&oldid=262106526">His paintings are an excellent example of <A title="Naïve art" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_art">naïve art</A>; <A title="Perspective (graphical)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_(graphical)">perspective</A> is ignored and an object's <A title="Scale (spatial)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(spatial)">scale</A> is often based on its relative importance in the scene. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Wallis&oldid=262106526">Having little money, Wallis improvised with materials, mostly painting on cardboard ripped from packing boxes using a limited palette of paint brought from ships chandlers.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuInDepth/Biography.cfm?biog=67" href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuInDepth/Biography.cfm?biog=67" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nmm.ac.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuInDepth/Biography.cfm?biog=67">Despite recognition and admiration from artistic circles, Wallis's work did not capture the public's imagination during his lifetime and he died in poverty in Madron Workhouse near Penzance on 29 August 1942.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/14FB8B34-55E2-42E0-87A2-C430EE8889EC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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