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107 George Campbell RHA (1917 - 1979)
Robert Morley - Actor
Mixed Media, 25.2 x 20cm, Signed
The 1960s also saw Campbell branching out into different areas and experimenting with
collages and monotypes as a new mode of expression. In 1962, James White recommended
to the Irish Airline Pilot’s Association that Campbell execute the mural for the Pilot’s new
crew room. Measuring eleven feet in length, the mural, ‘Flight’,
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was inspired by Antoine
de Saint Exupery aviation books.
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In May 1963, Campbell attended Ardmore studios to
record the filming of Somerset Maugham’s ‘Of Human Bondage’. He became friendly with
actors Robert Morley, Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey, who purchased works by Armstrong
and Campbell. Years later, in 1967, Campbell made drawings for the premier of the British
War film,
The Blue Max
.
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The abstract mural no longer exists.
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Unidentified newspaper cutting, artist’s scrapbook.
fig.165: George Campbell painting mural for
new crew room for the Irish Airline Pilot’s
Association, 1962
fig.166: Kim Novak on set of Somerset
Maugham’s ‘Of Human Bondage’ 1963
fig.167: Director Ken Hughes watching George
Campbell sketch Laurence Harvey, 1963