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1906 Somerset East, South Africa - 1982 South Africa. Known for: Figure, landscape painting, abstraction, woodcuts.
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, in the Western Cape province of South Africa in 1906 . Art Education:. 1929 Three weeks drawing at Wits Tech Art School and evening classes in painting. 1931... Read full biography
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, in the Western Cape province of South Africa in 1906 . Art Education:. 1929 Three weeks drawing at Wits Tech Art School and evening classes in painting. 1931 - 1932 Johannesburg Training College (Teachers Diploma); etching lessons with Emily Fern. 1941... Read full biography
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, in the Western Cape province of South Africa in 1906 . Art Education:. 1929 Three weeks drawing at Wits Tech Art School and evening classes in painting. 1931 - 1932 Johannesburg Training College (Teachers Diploma); etching lessons with Emily Fern. 1941 Completed BA Fine Arts, UNISA . Biography:. Walter Battiss was the son of an English methodist family long established in Somerset East, South Africa. 1917 Battiss family moved to Koffiefontein where an... Read full biography
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, in the Western Cape province of South Africa in 1906 . Art Education:. 1929 Three weeks drawing at Wits Tech Art School and evening classes in painting. 1931 - 1932 Johannesburg Training College (Teachers Diploma); etching lessons with Emily Fern. 1941 Completed BA Fine Arts, UNISA . Biography:. Walter Battiss was the son of an English methodist family long established in Somerset East, South Africa. 1917 Battiss family moved to Koffiefontein where an engineer on the local mine first stimulated Walter Battiss' abiding interest in archeology. 1919 The family settled in Fauresmith where Walter Battiss matriculated in 1923. 1924 Walter Battiss became a clerk in the Magistrates Court at Rustenburg;... Read full biography
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, in the Western Cape province of South Africa in 1906 . Art Education:. 1929 Three weeks drawing at Wits Tech Art School and evening classes in painting. 1931 - 1932 Johannesburg Training College (Teachers Diploma); etching lessons with Emily Fern. 1941 Completed BA Fine Arts, UNISA . Biography:. Walter Battiss was the son of an English methodist family long established in Somerset East, South Africa. 1917 Battiss family moved to Koffiefontein where an engineer on the local mine first stimulated Walter Battiss' abiding interest in archeology. 1919 The family settled in Fauresmith where Walter Battiss matriculated in 1923. 1924 Walter Battiss became a clerk in the Magistrates Court at Rustenburg; spent his leisure hours painting the surrounding landscapes in a descriptive realist style, signed his work WW Ba... Read full biography
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Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, in the Western Cape province of South Africa in 1906
Art Education:
1929 Three weeks drawing at Wits Tech Art School and evening classes in painting.
1931 - 1932 Johannesburg Training College (Teachers Diploma); etching lessons with Emily Fern.
1941 Completed BA Fine Arts, UNISA
Biography:
Walter Battiss was the son of an English methodist family long established in Somerset East, South Africa
1917 Battiss family moved to Koffiefontein where an engineer on the local mine first stimulated Walter Battiss' abiding interest in archeology.
1919 The family settled in Fauresmith where Walter Battiss matriculated in 1923
1924 Walter Battiss became a clerk in ...But wait, there's more...
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