Walter Battiss

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SOUTH AFRICAN 1906 - 1982

Coastal Scene of Fethiye. Watercolour on Paper, 35cm x 50cm excluding frame, 52,5cm x 66cm including frame. Framed.

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Walter Whall Battiss (6 January 1906 – 20 August 1982) was a South African artist, also known as the creator of the “Fook Island” concept. Battiss was born into an English Methodist family in the Karoo town of Somerset East. He first became interested in archaeology and tribal art as a young boy after moving to Koffiefontein in 1917.

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