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George Walsh (b. 1939)
George Walsh was born in Dublin in 1939. He initially
served a 7 year apprenticeship with his Father (1953
- 1960) who had been an apprentice of Harry Clarke ,
and other stained glass artists at the well known Belfast
stained glass studio in Clokley’s Studio.
He attended the Belfast College of Art 1953 - 1957 and in 1960 when to the United States to further
his stained glass studies with the Conrad Pickel Studio, Waukesha.On returning to Dublin he worked with the
Abbey Stained Glass studios working on major commissions such as Galway Cathedral . It was here he met the
artist George Campbell and they became lifelong friends .
George eventually set up his own studio in Sandford Road in Ranelagh where recent commissions have
included the Church of the Holy Family, Newington Road, Belfast where he completed stained glass throughout
the church as well as the bronze tabernacle and for which he received awards from The Royal Society of
Ulster Architects and the Bank of Ireland award for “Best art in Architecture” both in 2008. George was also
the winner of Donegal County Council’s competition for a stained glass window on the theme of “How we
remember” for the 28th Battalion , Finner Army Camp, in Donegal .
Other commissions have included work for both The Royal College of Surgeons in both Dublin and Edinburgh
while Church commissions have been undertaken in Kerry , Kildare, Sligo and France .
Stefan Von Reiswitz (b.1931)
Born in, Munich, Stefan Von Reiswitz was raised in a educated and cultured family. He attended art classes
in Paris in the 1950’s. Having studied briefly under André Lhote and Ferdinard Leger, he moved to Madrid in
1952 and settled in Marbella in 1955 with his artist wife, Marina Barbado. In 1957, Stefan moved to the small
fishing village Pedrejalejó in Malaga and held his first solo exhibition in the Marbella Casino. In the Winter
of 1959/60 he met George and Madge Campbell. During this time his Impressionist style changed after his
incorporation to the Grupo Picasso which leaned towards Cubist and Expressionist roots.
In 1969, he founded the Engraving Workshop “El Pesebre’ with Robert McDonald and Jorge Lindell. George
Campbell occasionally collaborated with the group. In 1979, he became a member of Colectivo Palmo
an Avant Garde movement with other local artists including Jorge Lindell. From the 1970’s, he became
interested in Surrealism. . He executed works on plexiglass and experimented with sculpture incorporating
waste materials with an interest in a world of the classical meets the modern and the humorous meets the
tragic.
In 2002, he held a group exhibition, “ Recordando A Jorge Campbell” at the Pablo Ruiz gallery with Pérez
Almeda, Manus Walsh & George Walsh. Several of his sculptures are in situ in the Parque del Oeste, the
West Park in centre of Malaga.