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1926 East London, South Africa - 2009 CapeTown, South Africa. Known for: Abstract figurative carved and painted wood panels, drawings.
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born in 1926 in East London, South Africa. In 1978 he moved his family home from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Here he became enmeshed with the Cape vineyard culture, and... Read full biography
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born in 1926 in East London, South Africa. In 1978 he moved his family home from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Here he became enmeshed with the Cape vineyard culture, and he was much in demand to execute murals and commissions for wine farms. The Skotnes Bar at the Norval... Read full biography
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born in 1926 in East London, South Africa. In 1978 he moved his family home from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Here he became enmeshed with the Cape vineyard culture, and he was much in demand to execute murals and commissions for wine farms. The Skotnes Bar at the Norval Foundation Museum is a fitting nod to this history. In 1981 Skotnes' first Cape Town solo exhibition Passage Through an Alien Land, was held at the Wolpe Gallery. During this time Skotnes stopped... Read full biography
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born in 1926 in East London, South Africa. In 1978 he moved his family home from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Here he became enmeshed with the Cape vineyard culture, and he was much in demand to execute murals and commissions for wine farms. The Skotnes Bar at the Norval Foundation Museum is a fitting nod to this history. In 1981 Skotnes' first Cape Town solo exhibition Passage Through an Alien Land, was held at the Wolpe Gallery. During this time Skotnes stopped working in wood and returned to painting, harking back to his early experiments and interest in landscapes. The artist shared: “Down here the first few pictures I made, thirty to forty little pictures which I called 'Passage through an alien land' were... Read full biography
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born in 1926 in East London, South Africa. In 1978 he moved his family home from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Here he became enmeshed with the Cape vineyard culture, and he was much in demand to execute murals and commissions for wine farms. The Skotnes Bar at the Norval Foundation Museum is a fitting nod to this history. In 1981 Skotnes' first Cape Town solo exhibition Passage Through an Alien Land, was held at the Wolpe Gallery. During this time Skotnes stopped working in wood and returned to painting, harking back to his early experiments and interest in landscapes. The artist shared: “Down here the first few pictures I made, thirty to forty little pictures which I called 'Passage through an alien land' were shown at the Wolpe Gallery, 6.5. The discovery of colour and painting started there, and there was a justification for it. Somehow or other, Dubow,... Read full biography
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