Arthur Edward Cantrell. Born 1917 - 1998 - . South African artist Arthur Cantrell was born in Kalaw, Upper Burma, in 1917. Schooling followed normal English expatriate lines, with Arthur mainly keen... Read full biography
Arthur Edward Cantrell. Born 1917 - 1998 - . South African artist Arthur Cantrell was born in Kalaw, Upper Burma, in 1917. Schooling followed normal English expatriate lines, with Arthur mainly keen to be outdoors and developing his own talent for sculpture, abstract drawing and painting. He was... Read full biography
Arthur Edward Cantrell. Born 1917 - 1998 - . South African artist Arthur Cantrell was born in Kalaw, Upper Burma, in 1917. Schooling followed normal English expatriate lines, with Arthur mainly keen to be outdoors and developing his own talent for sculpture, abstract drawing and painting. He was always fond of colour and its juxtaposition in abstraction – similar to a more “organic” Mandarin. Yet Arthur conducted his work, whether it be painting or sculpture, with great simplicity - just as he... Read full biography
Arthur Edward Cantrell. Born 1917 - 1998 - . South African artist Arthur Cantrell was born in Kalaw, Upper Burma, in 1917. Schooling followed normal English expatriate lines, with Arthur mainly keen to be outdoors and developing his own talent for sculpture, abstract drawing and painting. He was always fond of colour and its juxtaposition in abstraction – similar to a more “organic” Mandarin. Yet Arthur conducted his work, whether it be painting or sculpture, with great simplicity - just as he lived his life.??. It was his prowess as a metalworker and sculptor that kept Arthur in work and funds after he settled in South Africa in 1936. During the war he fought in the North African campaign as a bomb navigator. After the war he again... Read full biography
Arthur Edward Cantrell. Born 1917 - 1998 - . South African artist Arthur Cantrell was born in Kalaw, Upper Burma, in 1917. Schooling followed normal English expatriate lines, with Arthur mainly keen to be outdoors and developing his own talent for sculpture, abstract drawing and painting. He was always fond of colour and its juxtaposition in abstraction – similar to a more “organic” Mandarin. Yet Arthur conducted his work, whether it be painting or sculpture, with great simplicity - just as he lived his life.??. It was his prowess as a metalworker and sculptor that kept Arthur in work and funds after he settled in South Africa in 1936. During the war he fought in the North African campaign as a bomb navigator. After the war he again traveled widely before settling back in South Africa and becoming a full time artist in 1952. ?Arthur Cantrell married artist... Read full biography
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