# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-battiss
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:10.183Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-battiss"
name: "Walter Battiss"
slug: "walter-battiss"
description: "Walter Whall Battiss was a South African artist, also known as the creator of the \"Fook Island\" concept."
tagline: "South African painter (1906-1982)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Battiss.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1906-01-06"
deathDate: "1982-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.36
  momentum:             5.957341269841271
  historical:           9.679446666666667
  currentAttention:     26.04166666666666
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "والتر باتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "والتر باتیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss"
    title: "Walter Battiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565686"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump