Photo: © Kettle's Yard
Painting
Portland, Dorset (?), undated
Alfred Wallis
Formerly thought to be a view of Gibraltar.
Oil on card (orange)
266 x 330 mm
KY00420.EH
On display
About the artist
Born 1855 – Died 1942
Wallis was born in Devon. He worked as a fisherman and later a scrap-metal merchant in St. Ives, Cornwall. After the death of his wife in 1922, he turned to painting as a way of fending off loneliness.