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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'BLIZZARD, c.1946'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- oil on board
- 11 by 14.5in., 27.5 by 36.25cm.
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'SPANISH MOUNTAIN VILLAGE AT NIGHT'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- crayon and ink on paper
- 27 by 32cm., 10.5 by 12.5in.
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'SAND DUNES AND SEA WITH SAILBOATS ON HORIZON'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- gouache and wax crayon on board
- 18 by 24cm., 7.25 by 9.5in.
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'CITYSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- crayon on paper
- 24 by 18cm., 9.5 by 7in.
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'SELF PORTRAIT'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- watercolour on card
- 27 by 23cm., 10.5 by 9in.
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'MOONLIGHT SCENE'
- Price Realised: 1,450
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- oil on masonite board
- 23 by 29cm., 9 by 11.5in.
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'SPANISH WOMAN'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on board
- 14Ύ x 10½in. (37.47 x 26.67cm)
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'FIGURE OF CHRIST'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on board
- 19½ x 7Όin. (49.53 x 18.42cm)
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'ABSTRACT WITH BLUE STRIATIONS'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- mixed media on paper
- 27 by 20cm., 10.5 by 8in.
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'PORTRAIT OF A MAN'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- oil on board
- 11½ x 9in. (29.21 x 22.86cm)
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'WESTERN HARBOUR'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- gouache with pastel on paper
- 12 x 18Όin. (30.48 x 46.36cm)
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'MODEL RECLINING'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- watercolour over pencil
- 25 by 27cm., 10 by 10.5in.
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'UNTITLED'
- Price Realised: 1,150
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- oil on board
- 18 by 14in., 45 by 35cm.
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'NIGHT PLACE'
- Price Realised: 1,079
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- crayon, ink and collage
- 28 by 46cm., 11 by 18in.
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'PORTRAIT OF Seαn LEMASS'
- Price Realised: 1,015
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- pen and pencil drawing
- 25 by 20cm., 10 by 8in.
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'GATHERING FIREWOOD'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- charcoal
- 12 x 15½in. (30.48 x 39.37cm)
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'ADORATION OF THE MAGI'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- watercolour and crayon on tinted card
- 11 by 9cm., 4.5 by 3.5in.
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'STANDING FEMALE NUDE'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- conte crayon on paper
- 30 by 17cm., 12 by 6.5in.
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'CONNEMARA, AUTUMN, 1968'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- ink and crayon
- 19½ x 25½in. (49.53 x 64.77cm)
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'SAND DUNES AND SEA WITH SAILBOATS ON HORIZON'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- gouache and wax crayon on board
- 7 x 9in. (17.78 x 22.86cm)
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'FIGURES ON A FOREST BRIDGE'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- watercolour
- 12 x 10in. (30.48 x 25.40cm)
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'CLIFDEN, COUNTY GALWAY'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- ink and wash
- 12½ x 15½in. (31Ύ x 39.37cm)
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'SLEEPING CATS'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil on board
- 13 x 16in. (33.02 x 40.64cm)
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'RACOON STUDIES'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- pencil with black and white chalks on tinted paper
- 24 by 32cm., 9.5 by 12.5in.
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'UNTITLED'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil on board
- 23½ x 10in. (59.69 x 25.40cm)
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'MΑLAGA'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- watercolour
- 8½ x 11½in. (21.59 x 29.21cm)
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'HEAD OF CHRIST'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- crayon on paper
- 25 by 22cm., 10 by 8.5in.
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'ISLAND PATTERNS, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- gouache
- 8½ x 12in. (21.59 x 30.48cm)