Modern Art and Modernism: Nicholson, Wallis and St. Ives

• Director: Nick Levinson
• Genre: Visual Arts
• Movie Type: Art History, Graphic & Applied Arts
• Country: US
• Run Time: 24 minutes

Plot

Major influences on individual artists can come from surprising sources, as Modern Art and Modernism: Manet to Pollock: Nicholson, Wallis and St. Ives proves. The meeting of abstract painter Ben Nicholson and retired fisherman/primitive artist Alfred Wallis in St. Ives, Cornwall, England, was of profound importance to Nicholson. Despite the obvious differences in the two styles of painting, Nicholson found the works of Wallis to be instructional and inspirational. The art of an untrained fisherman looked very "modern" to the sophisticated painter. ~ Alice Day, All Movie Guide

Credit

Nick Levinson - Director, Charles Harrison - Screenwriter, Charles Harrison - Presented by