Cecil Higgs
South African · 1898–1986 · Painter
Cecil Higgs was a South African artist. She was the third child and second girl of the five children of Clement Higgs and his wife Florence. In 1912, Higgs's father died at the… (Wikipedia)
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Woman in a Pink ApronStrauss & Co · ZAR 189,380≈ $27,487≈ £17,250≈ €19,723Sign up to see
Arum LiliesStrauss & Co · ZAR 485,205≈ $25,633≈ £20,179≈ €23,617Sign up to see
RotspoelStrauss & Co · ZAR 66,840≈ $9,701≈ £6,088≈ €6,961Sign up to see
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Cecil Higgs was a South African artist. She was the third child and second girl of the five children of Clement Higgs and his wife Florence. In 1912, Higgs's father died at the age of 50. In 1916, Higgs became a boarder at the Wesleyan Girls' High School in Grahamstown. Her oldest brother, Clement jr., was killed in 1916 in World War I. Higgs briefly enrolled in the Grahamstown School of Art in 1918, however in 1920 she sailed to England and stayed abroad for 13 years. She trained in London at the Byam Shaw School of Art, at Goldsmiths' College and, from 1926, at the Royal Academy of Arts. Higgs was called back to South Africa, however, due to the illness of her mother, who died in 1934. Higgs held her first solo exhibition in the Domestic Science hall of Stellenbosch University in 1935, meeting the painter Wolf Kibel and the sculptor Lippy Lipshitz. In 1938, she held a joint exhibition with Rene Graetz, Maggie Laubser and Lippy Lipshitz. In 1938 she returned to Paris, however she left due to World War II. Higgs joined the New Group which was revolting against tradition forms of art. In 1939, Higgs began a lifelong friendship with English painter John Dronsfield.
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Also known as Cecil Mercia Higgs, Higgs, Cecil, 1900-
Artist record compiled from: Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.