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Finding the National College of Art too academic in the 1950s, Pamela Matthews asked
her mother if she could arrange for Campbell to tutor her in her studio at home. Campbell
introduced her to Dillon, Tom Davidson, Gretta Bowen and James MacIntyre. Campbell,
Dillon and Davidson often visited her at her home in Eglinton Road. MacIntyre held joint
shows with her in 1952 and 1953. Matthews exhibited in a group show with Gretta Bowen,
Dillon and Campbell in the Irish Club, London, 1956. However, despite publicity, the
exhibition had a poor outcome.121 Visiting the Campbells in Malaga, Matthews maintained
contact with Dillon and Campbell until she married in 1965.
121Donal Foley, ‘Irish Club Let Down the Artists’, The Irish Press, 17 October 1956.
fig.133: Pamela Mathews and Madge Campbell
with friends, Malaga
fig.134: Mike and James McIntyre with Madge
and George Campbell, London, 1960.
fig.135: Pamela Mathews and James
Macintyre’s exhibition, 1952
fig.136: Pamela Mathews with her painting