Roger Cecil Catalogue
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ROGER CECIL (1942 - 2015)<br />
20th March - 10th April 2021
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<strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Cecil</strong> in the 1990’s photograph by Graham Matthews
During his lifetime <strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Cecil</strong>’s work was little known except by insightful collectors<br />
and fellow artists but he is now widely recognised as one of the most remarkable artists<br />
Wales has produced.<br />
Born in Abertillery in 1942, he lived in the same terraced house throughout his life. He<br />
was a star student at Newport College of Art and in 1963 he won a scholarship to the<br />
Royal College of Art but he walked out to devote himself to painting independently. He<br />
worked as a casual labourer while producing art of extraordinary beauty and<br />
sophistication, as documented in the BBC film A Quiet Rebel in 1964.<br />
Many of his pictures evoke the scars of the mining valleys amid the grandeur of nature.<br />
He loved to spend days at a time on the hilltops and often walked the 25 miles to the<br />
Brecon Beacons. His later works inspired by the layered symbolism of African art helped<br />
him to meld figure and landscape in one semi-abstract vision.<br />
When his body was found after a police search in 2015 his death made headlines. The<br />
artist Mary Lloyd Jones said: ‘I would rate him as one of the best painters in Britain, or<br />
even anywhere.’ David Buckman wrote that among 10,000 artists for his Dictionary of<br />
Artists in Britain <strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Cecil</strong> was his ‘most impressive discovery’. Over twenty of his<br />
works are now in public collections, including the National Museum and the National<br />
Library. <strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Cecil</strong>: A Secret Artist by Peter Wakelin was published in 2017.
WORKS<br />
1 RC0123 2002 mixed media on cardboard 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
2 RC0126 2002 mixed media on cardboard 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
3 RC0124 2002 mixed media on cardboard 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
4 RC0408 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
5 RC0525 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm SOLD<br />
6 View from the undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm SOLD<br />
Mountain 40<br />
RC0533<br />
7 RC0536 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
8 RC0560 1987 mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
9 RC0227 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
10 RC0304 undated mixed media on board 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
11 RC0303 undated mixed media on board 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
12 RC0300 undated mixed media on board 44 x 36 cm £450<br />
13 No. 11 Last of undated mixed media on canvas 153 x 183 cm SOLD<br />
Winter Snow<br />
(unframed)<br />
RC0042<br />
14 RC0449 c.1987 mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £1950<br />
15 RC0453 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £1950<br />
16 RC0460 1986 mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £1950<br />
17 RC0588 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
18 RC0715 1983 mixed media on card 48 x 38 cm SOLD<br />
19 RC0716 1983 mixed media on card 48 x 38 cm SOLD<br />
20 RC0714 1983 mixed media on card 38 x 48 cm £1250<br />
21 RC0170 undated mixed media on board 44 x 36 cm SOLD
22 RC0171 undated mixed media on board 44 x 36 cm £550<br />
23 RC0390 1991 mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
24 What a c.1987 mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
Wonderful Day<br />
RC0395<br />
25 RC0251 c.1988 mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
26 RC0256 c.1987 pencil on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
27 RC0468 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
28 RC0480 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
29 RC0490 c.1987 mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
30 RC0497 1986 mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
31 RC0266 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
32 RC0403 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
33 RC0415 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
34 RC0422 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm £950<br />
35 RC0236 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
36 RC0376 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
37 Let Your Mind undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
Wonder<br />
RC0388<br />
38 RC0404 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm SOLD<br />
39 RC0499 undated mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm SOLD<br />
40 RC0502 1988 mixed media on paper 79 x 68 cm £2500<br />
41 RC0050 undated mixed media on canvas 183 x 153 cm SOLD<br />
(unframed)<br />
42 RC0399 undated mixed media on paper 44 x 36 cm £600<br />
Unless otherwise stated, all measurements are for framed picture sizes.
To purchase work please contact Val Harris at art@thetablehay.com or<br />
07956 452195<br />
The gallery offers Collectorplan, an initiative administered by the Welsh<br />
Assembly, enabling you to purchase work up to the value of £5,000 with<br />
an interest free loan repayable over a year. In addition we now offer Own<br />
Art & Take it away with interest free loans up to £25,000 repayable over ten<br />
months.<br />
The gallery is open Thursday - Saturday 10am - 4pm or by appointment during<br />
exhibitions.<br />
All paintings are for sale upon receipt of this catalogue.
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