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Cecil Skotnes
Born
(1926-06-01)1 June 1926
East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died
4 April 2009(2009-04-04) (aged 82)
Alma mater
University of the Witwatersrand
Cecil Skotnes (1 June 1926[1] – 4 April 2009)[2] 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.
^"Cecil Skotnes | Life and work of Cecil Skotnes". cecilskotnes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^Krouse, Matthew (8 April 2009). "Cecil Skotnes, son of the soil, dies in Cape Town". The M&G Online. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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