Skotnes, Cecil, 1926-2009
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Name (Latin)
Skotnes, Cecil, 1926-2009
Date of birth
1926
Date of death
2009-04-04
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- nuc87-98074: His Man's gold, 1979(hdg. on TxU-Hu rept.: Skotnes, Cecil, 1926- ; usage: Cecil Skotnes)
- LC data base, 8-15-88(hdg. : Skotnes, Cecil, 1926- )
- Beeld, Apr. 7, 2009(Cecil Skotnes; d. [Apr. 4, 2009] age 82)
Wikipedia description:
Cecil Skotnes (1 June 1926 – 4 April 2009) was a prominent South African artist. He was born in East London in 1926, studied drawing in Florence, Italy, the Witwatersrand Technical Art School and then the University of the Witwatersrand. He was appointed cultural officer in charge of the influential Polly Street Art Centre in 1952. Skotnes was a founding member of the Amadlozi Group in 1961. In 1979 he moved to Cape Town, where he lived until his death. He died on 4 April 2009 at the age of 82. In 2003, he was awarded the Order of the Ikhamanga (Gold) by the South African government for his contribution to South African art.
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