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1959: A look at the life of artist Alfred Wallis

1959: A look at the life of artist Alfred Wallis

Monitor took an elegiac look back at the life and work of the Cornish fisherman-turned-painter.

BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 18 January 1959

  • Published
    1 July 2024
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