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George Campbell and the Belfast Boys 2015
108 George Campbell RHA (1917 - 1979)
The Vikings
Oil on board, 76 x 61cm, Signed
Exhibited ;“George Campbell Exhibition”Tom Caldwell Gallery , Belfast Dec 1972
Cat. No. 25 under the title “Warriors’
As early as 1943, Campbell’s talent as a cartoonist was evident in illustrations in his booklet,
‘
Ulster in Black &White
’, published by W&G. Baird, LTD. In the 1960’s he executed a series
of sketches of himself in old age, ‘
Watching Sport 93
’,
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(fig.236) and later ‘
A Guide to the
National Monuments of Ireland
’, (1970), ‘
An Eyeful of Ireland
’, 1973, (fig.259) and a series
of poignant cartoons, ‘
Villa Pastilla
’, 1974, (Figs 226 - 231).
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Dated, 12 March, 1969 and executed on Thompson-Reid LTD paper, the sketches included, ‘Getting on
in Years’ ‘1930, 1940, 1950, 1960’, ‘I think it’s getting worse’, ‘114’ ‘Last Hours’ and another untitled work.
Arthur Campbell’s papers, PRONI, D4122/H/29.