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George Campbell RHA RUA (1917-1979)
Mountain Village, Andalucia
Oil on board, 48.5 x 35cm (19 x 13¾”)
Signed twice
Provenance: Collection of Mr. R. Sherbourne
Irish Art Auction, de Veres, Dublin, 17th
November 1998, Lot No. 95, where purchased
by the current vendor
Exhibited: George Campbell Exhibition,The Piccadilly
Gallery, Mayfair, London, November 1958,
Cat. No. 38 (original gallery label verso)
Wicklow born George Campbell was a self taught artist,
he began painting in 1941 during the air raids in Belfast.
By 1944 he had developed his own style and held two
shows - one with his brother at the Mol Gallery in Bel-
fast, and another at John Lamb’s Gallery in Portadown
with Gerard Dillon, with whom he travelled to Conne-
mara in the following years. From 1946 Campbell exhib-
ited regularly at Victor Waddington Galleries in Dublin,
and repeatedly at the RHA from the following year. He
also appeared in a group show, along with Dillon, Daniel
O’Neill and Nevill Johnson at Heal’s Mansard Gallery,
London. In 1951 Campbell made a trip to Spain and re-
turned many times during his career.
The country had a profound influence on both the subject
matter and use of colour in his work. He had shows in
Torremolinos and Gibraltar, as well as exhibiting regular-
ly with the Ritchie Hendriks and Tom Caldwell Galler-
ies. In 1964 Campbell was elected a member of the RHA
and was knighted in Spain in 1978.
€2,500 - 3,500
