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2. Accepted 31 J7anuary,1983
3. Wallis was discovered in August 1928 by Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood, both young men then, who happened to look into his parlour while walking down a back street in St Ives, curiously named Back Street. The primitive paintings inspired the young artists and they brought Wallis a wide circle of admirers. What then is his appeal ? Some authors have said that his feeling for texture came from a lifetime of handling rough materials at sea and others have attributed a haunting quality present in his work to his deeply held religious beliefs (he would cover up his paintings with newspaper on Sundays). This may all be true, but for me it is the clarity with which he observed the changing moods of the sea that makes him so special. Wallis continued to paint until his death in the poorhouse at Madron in 1942, at the age of 87