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Revision as of 07:37, 6 June 2009
Cecil Skotnes (1926 - 7 April 2009)[1] 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 founder member of the Amadlozi Group in 1961.
In 1979 he moved to Cape Town, where he lived until his death.
In 2003 he was awarded the Order of the Ikhamanga (Gold) by the South African government for his contribution to South African art.
He died on the 4th April 2009 at the age of 82.