Cyril Parfitt was based on the Isle of Thanet in Kent and works using mixed materials and techniques.
13 Facts About Cyril Parfitt
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Cyril Parfitt attended the prestigious Gateway School in Leicester and then won a scholarship to Leicester College of Art where he studied for three years.
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Cyril Parfitt's passions were art and music, he played the accordion well as a young man.
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Cyril Parfitt went on to play both piano and electric keyboard which he still enjoys.
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Cyril Parfitt speaks fluent German and cited the reason for learning it as wanting to enjoy reading Goethe in the language it was written.
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Cyril Parfitt worked as a graphic designer in Leicester where his work was frequently seen on many well-known products, until he joined the army at the outbreak of Second World War.
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Cyril Parfitt innovated new approaches to relief effects and developed a technique for photo mapping.
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Cyril Parfitt prepared international exhibitions and his special maps were acclaimed worldwide by cartographic establishments.
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Cyril Parfitt's early paintings were of a whimsical nature although he is a competent artist in the conventional style with landscape being a favourite subject.
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Cyril Parfitt has always had an eye for the bright and glittering, the vivid and arresting and toyed with the idea of working with stained glass at one point in his career.
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Cyril Parfitt has appeared ITV's Magpie with his creations and his work has been sold in galleries both in the United Kingdom and throughout the world.
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Cyril Parfitt's pencil drawing 'Looking Back' which took 700 hours and consists of over 6,000 pencil strokes was hung in 1981.
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Cyril Parfitt is delighted to see the Turner Contemporary Gallery taking shape and looks with interest to the artistic endeavours of the local area to assist the regeneration of this beautiful part of the country.