- Cecil Skotnes
Cecil Skotnes is a prominent
South African artist.He was born in
East London in 1926, studied drawing inFlorence , theWitwatersrand Technical Art School and then theUniversity 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 still lives.
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