Roger Cecil
Roger Cecil (18 July 1942 – 22 February 2015) was a Welsh painter and mixed media artist. Life as an artist Cecil was born in Abertillery, and studied at Newport College of Art (formerly University of Wales, Newport and now the University of South Wales) and St Martin's School of Art. In 1964 he won the David Murray Landscape Award from the Royal Academy, and started a course at the Royal College of Art, but soon gave it up and took up manual work in mines and building sites. At the age of 21, he featured in a BBC TV documentary, ''The Quiet Rebel'', in which he described his commitment to his art and the pressures on him to get a "real job".
Retrieved 25 February 2015 He later spent some time teaching in .
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Welsh People
The Welsh ( cy, Cymry) are an ethnic group native to Wales. "Welsh people" applies to those who were born in Wales ( cy, Cymru) and to those who have Welsh ancestry, perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins. Wales is the third-largest Countries of the United Kingdom, country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland merged to become the Kingdom of Great Britain. The majority of people living in Wales are British nationality law, British citizens. In Wales, the Welsh language ( cy, Cymraeg) is protected by law. Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in North Wales and parts of West Wales, though English is the predominant language in South Wales. The Welsh language is also taught in schools throughout Wales, and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]