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Auction archive: Lot number 19

George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) My

IMPORTANT IRISH ART
29 Sep 2021
Estimate
€8,000 - €12,000
ca. US$9,332 - US$13,998
Price realised:
€8,000
ca. US$9,332
Auction archive: Lot number 19

George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) My

IMPORTANT IRISH ART
29 Sep 2021
Estimate
€8,000 - €12,000
ca. US$9,332 - US$13,998
Price realised:
€8,000
ca. US$9,332
Beschreibung:

George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) My Window, Zamora Oil on canvas, 61 x 51cm (24 x 20'') Signed and inscribed verso Exhibited: George Campbell Exhibition, Cork, 1974, Cat. No. 14 A central figure among the artists informally known as the ‘Belfast Boys’, George Campbell was actually born in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The family moved to Belfast in 1921 but a few years following his father’s untimely death in 1925 he was sent to the Masonic Boys’ School in Clonskeagh, where he thrived, with a flair for languages and sport. Back in Belfast, he began to paint against the background of German bombing raids on the city. Wary of formal artistic instruction he was naturally adept and a quick learner and, with his elder brother Arthur, was soon extremely active in cultural life in the city. A fundamentally lively, creative presence, he was energised by company and debate throughout his life. In time, Dublin, London, Connemara and Donegal also became important to his life and work but nowhere, it is fair to say, was more significant to him than Spain. He liked Spanish music from early on but contact with Spanish sailors in Dublin, exiled by the Civil War, enhanced his interest and, in London in the late 1940s, a theatrical job introduced him to a Spanish dance troupe. From around 1951 he and his wife spent much of each year in Spain, mostly in the fishing village of Pedregalejo, close to Malaga. Zamora, the location for this beautiful study of an interior, is in the northwest of the country. During time spent in Paris in 1950, Campbell had quickly absorbed the influence of Picasso’s Cubism, seamlessly integrating it with his own sensibility, as is fully evident here. The radiant glow of the light from outside flows through the shaded internal spaces in a crisply organized composition that expertly juxtaposes angular and curvilinear forms, hard and soft textures, light and dark tones. His lively feeling for pattern, rhythm and balance is exemplary. As well as winning acclaim at home, Campbell, one of the key mid-20th century figures in Irish art history, was honoured by the Spanish government. Aidan Dunne August 2021 George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) My Window, Zamora Oil on canvas, 61 x 51cm (24 x 20'') Signed and inscribed verso Exhibited: George Campbell Exhibition, Cork, 1974, Cat. No. 14 A central figure among the artists informally known as the ‘Belfast Boys’, George Campbell was actually born in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The family moved to Belfast in 1921 but a few years following his father’s untimely death in 1925 he was sent to the Masonic Boys’ School in Clonskeagh, where he thrived, with a flair for languages and sport. Back in Belfast, he began to paint against the background of German bombing raids on the city. Wary of formal artistic instruction he was naturally adept and a quick learner and, with his elder brother Arthur, was soon extremely active in cultural life in the city. A fundamentally lively, creative presence, he was energised by company and debate throughout his life. In time, Dublin, London, Connemara and Donegal also became important to his life and work but nowhere, it is fair to say, was more significant to him than Spain. He liked Spanish music from early on but contact with Spanish sailors in Dublin, exiled by the Civil War, enhanced his interest and, in London in the late 1940s, a theatrical job introduced him to a Spanish dance troupe. From around 1951 he and his wife spent much of each year in Spain, mostly in the fishing village of Pedregalejo, close to Malaga. Zamora, the location for this beautiful study of an interior, is in the northwest of the country. During time spent in Paris in 1950, Campbell had quickly absorbed the influence of Picasso’s Cubism, seamlessly integrating it with his own sensibility, as is fully evident here. The radiant glow of the light from outside flows through the shaded internal spaces in a crisply organized composition that expertly juxtaposes angular and curvilinear forms, hard and s

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
29 Sep 2021
Auction house:
Adams's
St Stephens Green 26
D02 X665 Dublin 2
Ireland
info@adams.ie
+353-1-6760261)
Beschreibung:

George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) My Window, Zamora Oil on canvas, 61 x 51cm (24 x 20'') Signed and inscribed verso Exhibited: George Campbell Exhibition, Cork, 1974, Cat. No. 14 A central figure among the artists informally known as the ‘Belfast Boys’, George Campbell was actually born in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The family moved to Belfast in 1921 but a few years following his father’s untimely death in 1925 he was sent to the Masonic Boys’ School in Clonskeagh, where he thrived, with a flair for languages and sport. Back in Belfast, he began to paint against the background of German bombing raids on the city. Wary of formal artistic instruction he was naturally adept and a quick learner and, with his elder brother Arthur, was soon extremely active in cultural life in the city. A fundamentally lively, creative presence, he was energised by company and debate throughout his life. In time, Dublin, London, Connemara and Donegal also became important to his life and work but nowhere, it is fair to say, was more significant to him than Spain. He liked Spanish music from early on but contact with Spanish sailors in Dublin, exiled by the Civil War, enhanced his interest and, in London in the late 1940s, a theatrical job introduced him to a Spanish dance troupe. From around 1951 he and his wife spent much of each year in Spain, mostly in the fishing village of Pedregalejo, close to Malaga. Zamora, the location for this beautiful study of an interior, is in the northwest of the country. During time spent in Paris in 1950, Campbell had quickly absorbed the influence of Picasso’s Cubism, seamlessly integrating it with his own sensibility, as is fully evident here. The radiant glow of the light from outside flows through the shaded internal spaces in a crisply organized composition that expertly juxtaposes angular and curvilinear forms, hard and soft textures, light and dark tones. His lively feeling for pattern, rhythm and balance is exemplary. As well as winning acclaim at home, Campbell, one of the key mid-20th century figures in Irish art history, was honoured by the Spanish government. Aidan Dunne August 2021 George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) My Window, Zamora Oil on canvas, 61 x 51cm (24 x 20'') Signed and inscribed verso Exhibited: George Campbell Exhibition, Cork, 1974, Cat. No. 14 A central figure among the artists informally known as the ‘Belfast Boys’, George Campbell was actually born in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The family moved to Belfast in 1921 but a few years following his father’s untimely death in 1925 he was sent to the Masonic Boys’ School in Clonskeagh, where he thrived, with a flair for languages and sport. Back in Belfast, he began to paint against the background of German bombing raids on the city. Wary of formal artistic instruction he was naturally adept and a quick learner and, with his elder brother Arthur, was soon extremely active in cultural life in the city. A fundamentally lively, creative presence, he was energised by company and debate throughout his life. In time, Dublin, London, Connemara and Donegal also became important to his life and work but nowhere, it is fair to say, was more significant to him than Spain. He liked Spanish music from early on but contact with Spanish sailors in Dublin, exiled by the Civil War, enhanced his interest and, in London in the late 1940s, a theatrical job introduced him to a Spanish dance troupe. From around 1951 he and his wife spent much of each year in Spain, mostly in the fishing village of Pedregalejo, close to Malaga. Zamora, the location for this beautiful study of an interior, is in the northwest of the country. During time spent in Paris in 1950, Campbell had quickly absorbed the influence of Picasso’s Cubism, seamlessly integrating it with his own sensibility, as is fully evident here. The radiant glow of the light from outside flows through the shaded internal spaces in a crisply organized composition that expertly juxtaposes angular and curvilinear forms, hard and s

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
29 Sep 2021
Auction house:
Adams's
St Stephens Green 26
D02 X665 Dublin 2
Ireland
info@adams.ie
+353-1-6760261)
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