"South African painter" . . "Walter Whall Battiss (6 January 1906 \u2013 20 August 1982) was a South African artist, who is generally considered to be the foremost South African abstract painter and known as the creator of the quirky \"Fook Island\" concept.Born into English Methodist family in the Karoo town of Somerset East, Battiss first became interested in archaeology and tribal art as a young boy after moving to Koffiefontein in 1917."@en . "Whall"@en . "Walter Battiss"@en . . . "1982Z"^^ . . . "1906-01-06Z"^^ . "Walter Whall Battiss"@en . "1906Z"^^ . "1982-08-20Z"^^ . . . "Battiss, Walter"@en . .