George Campbell
Campbell was one of Ireland's most pre-eminent painters of landscapes and still life. Born in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, the son of the highly respected artist Gretta Bowen, Campbell first began to paint in the early forties in response to the bombing of Belfast. An early friend of Gerard Dillon (q.v.), the pair painted in Connemara in the 1940s. In 1951 Campbell first visited Spain, and the atmosphere of the country had such a profound effect on the artist that he returned there on painting trips nearly every successive year. www.whytes.ie He had his first exhibition at the Mol Gallery, Belfast, in 1944, in conjunction with his brother Arthur, who was also a painter. In 1946 he first showed with the Waddington Galleries, Dublin, thus beginning a long-standing and fruitful relationship with the art dealer Victor Waddington. He also exhibited with the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, the Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast and Dublin, and at the RHA, the IELA, the Oireachtas, and the WCSI. One-man exhibitions were also sponsored by the Northern Irish Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) in 1949, 1952 and 1960, and by CEMA's successor, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1966 and 1972. He is represented in most major public and private Irish collections. www.whytes.ie
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'MUSICIANS, VIRGINIA NO. IV, 1967'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- oil on board
- 20 by 16in., 50 by 40cm.
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'ANDALUCIAN MUSICIANS'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- watercolour and coloured chalks on paper
- 22 by 30cm., 8.5 by 12in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH RADISHES'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- charcoal, pastel, pen and ink on paper
- 34 by 52cm., 13.5 by 20.5in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- oil on board
- 8 x 11in. (20.32 x 27.94cm)
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'AT THE WATER'S EDGE'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'FISHERMEN AT REST, PALO, SPAIN'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- watercolour, chalk, pen and ink on paper
- 22 by 30cm., 8.5 by 12in.
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'DARK SHAPES'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- oil on board
- 20 x 15½in. (50.80 x 39.37cm)
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'SEA BIRDS, ROCKY COAST, c.1974'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil on canvas
- 24½ x 29in. (62.23 x 73.66cm)
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'STREET SCENE IN SPAIN'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- crayon on card
- 18 by 25cm., 7 by 10in.
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'SPANISH FISHERMEN HAULING NETS'
- Price Realised: 3,300
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- watercolour and wax crayon
- 22 by 28cm., 8.5 by 11in.
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'COCO THE CLOWN'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- oil on board
- 22½ x 12Ύin. (57.15 x 32.39cm)
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'UNTITLED, 1958'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil on board
- 15½ x 7Όin. (39.37 x 18.42cm)
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'HOT CHESTNUT SELLER'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 September 2014
- oil on board
- 15.5 by 11.7in., 38.75 by 29.25cm.
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'MOUNTAIN STREAM'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on board
- 39 by 29cm., 15.5 by 11.5in.
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'DRILLING POTATOES'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- watercolour and crayon on paper
- 23 by 30cm., 9 by 12in.
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'DΪN ANOCHT, INNISHMΣR'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- oil on board
- 23 x 18in. (58.42 x 45.72cm)
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'ANTONIO ORDΣΡEZ, 1978'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- oil on board
- 48 x 24in. (121.92 x 60.96cm)
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'STREET SCENE'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on canvas board
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH GUITAR, 1945'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- crayon on paper
- 25 by 18cm., 10 by 7.25in.
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'FIGURES IN A WOOD'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 22 March 2021
- oil on board
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'RIVER LAGAN AT SHAW'S BRIDGE'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- oil on canvas
- 16 x 12in. (40.64 x 30.48cm)
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'CONNEMARA CHURCHYARD'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour, pencil and pastel on paper
- 48 by 38cm., 19 by 15in.
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'A COLLECTION OF EIGHT WORKS'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- seven watercolours and one crayon drawing
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'SEATED NUDE IN A BEDROOM'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 07 December 2020
- oil on board
- 14 x 8½in. (35.56 x 21.59cm)
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'STILL LIFE'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- mixed media
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH GLASS'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 19 February 2002
- mixed media on paper
- 34 by 24cm., 13.5 by 9.5in.
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'CRABS AND CHESTNUTS'
- Price Realised: 2,539
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- oil on board
- 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in.
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'HOMICIDE HENRY ARMSTRONG'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 23 February 2015
- oil on board
- 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)