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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'UNTITLED ABSTRACTS (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- watercolour and mixed media with collage element
- 14 x 9Όin. (35.56 x 23½cm)
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'WOMAN AND CAT, 1970'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- monotype
- 50 by 37cm., 19.5 by 14.5in.
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'URBAN LANDSCAPE WITH BROKEN CART'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- monotype
- 23 by 30cm., 9 by 12in.
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'GREY DAY, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- ink and wash
- 8Ό x 14½in. (20.96 x 36.83cm)
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'STUDY OF SPANISH GUITARIST; COUNTRY ROAD and STUDY OF FISHING VILLAGE (SET OF 3)'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- printed media and charcoal; (1); pencil; (2)
- 9½ x 6in. (24.13 x 15.24cm)
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'MUSICAL COLLAGE, 1972'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 11 December 2011
- metallic paint incorporating collage
- 47 by 32cm., 18.5 by 12.5in.
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'LE SAMANA SANTA, MALAGA and SPANISH VILLAGE (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- pastel; (2)
- 8Ό x 11Όin. (20.96 x 28.58cm)
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'BOY EATING A WATERMELON'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil pastel and mixed media on tinted paper
- 16½ x 10½in. (41.91 x 26.67cm)
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''CLARE' [A DAVID WHITEHEAD GUARANTEED FABRIC]'
- Price Realised: 540
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- textile
- 29 x 21½in. (73.66 x 54.61cm)
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'DARK INTERIOR'
- Price Realised: 520
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- watercolour and crayon on paper
- 33 by 22cm., 13 by 8.5in.
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'YOUNG BOY, 1990'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- mixed media
- 15 x 11in. (38.10 x 27.94cm)
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'ABSTRACT'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 17 July 2017
- pastel with collage element on paper
- 10 x 16Όin. (25.40 x 41.28cm)
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'NIGHT IN A SPANISH TOWN'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- ink, watercolour and gouache
- 10 x 8in. (25.40 x 20.32cm)
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'WARRIORS'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- pastel on tinted paper
- 11½ x 14in. (29.21 x 35.56cm)
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'LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 450
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- pastel and gouache
- 12½ x 15½in. (31Ύ x 39.37cm)
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'BOXERS (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 15 March 2010
- ink and gouache on paper; (framed as one)
- 13 by 15cm., 5 by 6in.
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'PORTRAIT OF GRETTA BOWEN'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- watercolour
- 7Ό x 5Ύin. (18.42 x 14.61cm)
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'SEATED SOLDIER, FILM EXTRA RESTING, THE BLUE MAX'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- felt-tip pen on paper
- 33 by 24cm., 13 by 9.5in.
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'CARRICK'
- Price Realised: 350
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- vintage fabric panel
- 122 by 105cm., 48 by 41.5in.
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'NIGHT TIME COLLAGE, 1973 and MAN RESTING EL PALO (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 340
- Sale: 11 March 2015
- oil pastel and collage on black paper; (1); oil pastel and mixed media on paper; (1)
- 11Ύ x 18½in. (29.85 x 46.99cm)
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'SPANISH VILLAGE'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 06 December 2014
- watercolour and crayon
- 5 x 6in. (12.70 x 15.24cm)
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'STUDY OF A WOMAN'
- Price Realised: 290
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- charcoal
- 12 x 4Ύin. (30.48 x 12.07cm)
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'FLAMENCO GUITARIST, 1978 and PIERROT (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 250
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- coloured pencil over gouache on paper; (1); gouache and crayon on card; (1)
- 9.25 by 5.75in., 23.125 by 14.375cm.
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'William J. Hogan, Out of Season, illustrated by George Campbell - limited edition'
- Price Realised: 220
- Sale: 27 May 2006
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'ROSCOMMON FIDDLER, c.1970'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 11 March 2015
- ink and pencil
- 7 x 5in. (17.78 x 12.70cm)
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'STUDY OF A GIRL'
- Price Realised: 180
- Sale: 17 February 2020
- contι
- 13Ύ x 8Ύin. (34.93 x 22.23cm)
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'BOY SLEEPING'
- Price Realised: 110
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- pen, ink and felt-tip pen
- 6 x 5in. (15.24 x 12.70cm)
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'BOB MCDONALD'
- Price Realised: 100
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- ink and wash
- 6Ύ x 4Ύin. (17.15 x 12.07cm)