Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART Auction Wednesday 29th September 2021

66 56 CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL (1908 - 1972) The Forgotten Man Oil on board, 75 x 75cm (29½ x 29½”) Inscribed on artist’s label verso with name, address, title and priced £50 € 600 - 1,000 Born in Dublin Campbell stud- ied art at the Metropolitan School of Art under Patrick Tuo- hy along with his brother Lau- rence who became a sculptor. He exhibited over 70 works at the RHA and, as well as paint- ing, also did stained glass and worked for a while at the Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios. Bruce Arnold best summed up the artist in a catalogue intro- duction, where he described him as “Introverted, self con- scious, shy, dominated by his mother, overshadowed by his brother, unsuccessful in selling his work, increasingly bewil- dered in the direction he was going, yet with a firm and lasting belief in his basic skills and his vision, Christopher Campbell presents himself an enigmatic figure in Irish Art”. 57 CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL (1908 - 1972) Opera Scene Oil on board, 75 x 75cm (29½ x 29½”) Typed artist’s label verso with title, name of artist and dated 24/4/74, and priced £150 € 600 - 1,000