St Ives School
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The St Ives School refers to a group of artists living and working in the Cornish town of St Ives. The term is often used to refer to the 20th century groups that sprang up after the First World War a
Waves breaking against the St. Ives Arts Club, 2013
Julius Olsson, Silver Moonlight, St Ives Bay, Southampton City Art Gallery, UK
Algernon Talmage, Marine, Bushey Museum, Hertfordshire, UK
John Noble Barlow, Cliff Scene, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, UK
Alfred Wallis
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Alfred Wallis was a British artist and marine stores dealer. He began painting at the age of 70, in 1925, using household paint on scraps of cardboard. Having lived by the sea all his life, and no art
St Ives School
…international art connection for the town. In 1928 ,Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood visited St Ives where they were impressed by the work of local artist Alfred Wallis. This started another strand in the development of the Cornish fishing port as an artists' colony. The St Ives School of Painting was established in…
The Hold House Port Mear Square Island Port Mear Beach, c. 1932, Tate Gallery
St Ives, c. 1928
Wallis's grave in St Ives decorated in the style of his paintings by Bernard Leach