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70 George Campbell RHA (1917 - 1979)
John Woods father, Inishlacken
Monochrome wash, 25 x 35.5cm
Inscribed
In the 1950s, Campbell began a series of articles on types of medium for
The Artist
. This series
continued until 1969. In 1953, Michael Gorman, editor of
Ireland of the Welcomes
,
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invited
Dillon to write and illustrate for the magazine. Through Dillon, Gorman met Campbell, who
wrote on Spain and illustrated ‘John Woods, Inishlacken’ (cat. no. 70) for an article on the
Aran Islands.
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From the mid-1950s, Michael Gorman visited the Campbells in Malaga during Christmas
holidays. He recalled meeting Celedonio Romero and travelling to caves
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at the foothills of
San Anton where gypsies played ‘pure’ Flamenco music.
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Gorman became acquainted with
others in the group, including Noreen Rice and Arthur Armstrong. When the Boys returned
to Dublin in the 1960s, he recollected many enjoyable evenings making tape recordings
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and meeting the group in P. J. Carroll’s pub, Molloy’s, where actors and artists met regularly.
P.J Carroll collected art and hung works by Campbell, Armstrong and Norah McGuinness
on the bar walls.
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Founded in 1952, the policy of the magazine was to publish the best in Irish Culture, heritage, art and
genealogy.
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Donagh MacDonagh, ‘A Nation within a Nation’,
Ireland of the Welcomes
July–August 1962.
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These caves had no electricity, water or road surface. They were replaced with the Miraflores del Palo
Correspondence with Carlos Perez Torres, 17 November 2014.
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Interview with Michael Gorman, 29 November 2013.
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Role-playing, Gorman interviews Seamus Kelly, George and Madge Campbell. Campbell also sings and plays
the guitar.
fig.101: Artist magazine
depicting George Campbell’s
‘Armada’ painting, 1969
fig.102: Michael Gorman, Madge Campbell with
friends, Malaga, late 1950’s
fig.103: Flamenco Gypsy dancers, near caves,
El Palo