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27 George Campbell RHA (1917 - 1979)
Portrait of artist Paul Nietsche
Ink, 28 x 20cm
Signed
Partial to wearing bow ties, Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl was a refugee industrialist from
Vienna. On his arrival in Belfast in 1939, John F. Turner
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introduced him to the Boys
and he supported them during the 1940s by collecting their paintings. Turner, Hewitt and
Lewinter-Frankl were committee members of CEMA.
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He was married to Anny Lewinter
and together they located their knitwear company in Newtownards, Co. Down. A significant
employer, Lewinter-Frankl’s decision to hang his art collection on the corridors, canteen and
offices of his Newtownards factory became synonymous with his philosophy that employees
and visitors to the factory should enjoy and experience beautiful paintings.
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John F. Turner was senior art inspector in the Ministry of Education.
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The Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, Northern Ireland was established in 1943
(CEMA). The Council opened a permanent gallery at 55a Donegall Place in February 1947. Hewitt was
Chairman until 1956.
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Correspondence with Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl’s daughter, Vivienne Magee, 20 March 2015.
fig.36: John Hewitt and Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl with Colin
Middleton’s ‘Jacob Wrestling The Angel’ at the exhibition of
Lewinter-Frankl’s pictures, Belfast Museum, 1958
fig.37: John Hewitt
fig.38: Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl and Sir Stanley
Spencer, 1956