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Known as ‘Jorge’ to his Spanish friends, Campbell’s fluency in the Spanish language allowed
him to develop friendships with Malaga’s bar proprietors,
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‘La Buena Sombra’, restaurants,
‘Los Vikingos’ and nightclubs, ‘EL Pimpi’.
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Running out of funds one year, he convinced
the owner of ‘Los Vikingos’ to pay him to paint murals of Vikings on the walls to encourage
more people to visit the restaurant.
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In 1956, Campbell held his second solo exhibition of
watercolours in Spain, at the Delegación Provincial de Información y Turismo in Malaga.
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Manolo Carzorla and Vincente Martín Bonilla (‘La Buena Sombra’).
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El Pimpi
is presently a popular restaurant.
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The mural paintings can be viewed in the documentary,
Looking for George
, Cedecom, 2006.
fig.128: Antonio Torres and Marta Brinkman
with George Campbell’s murals in ‘Los Vikingos’
Restaurant
fig.129: George and Madge Campbell with Vincente
Bonilla in ‘La Buena Sombra’, 1960’s
fig.130: Madge Campbell and
Manola Cazorla, Malaga
fig.131: George Campbell solo ex-
hibition catalogue, Malaga, 1956
fig.132: Madge dancing in ‘El Pimpi’
nightclub