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George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) THE SEC

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George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) THE SEC
George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) THE SECOND FALL inscribed and with original exhibition label on reverse oil on board 61 by 51cm., 24 by 20in. Literature: Michelle Baily, ‘The Life and Word of George Campbell RHA 1917-1979’, in George Campbell 1917-1979, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, 1992, page 24 ”The 1960s marked a highpoint in Campbell’s career. Returning to Dublin at the beginning of the decade he was to find new patronage in the form of the Catholic Church… Religious images were many during this period and mark his entry into stained glass work. One of the many prizes that he won in the 1960s was for a painting of Jesus Falls the Third Time, awarded by the Church Exhibitions Committee at an exhibition of Irish art held in Merrion Square, Dublin in 1962, which was subsequently exhibited at the Salzburg Biennale of that year. The dark brooking air which characterised much of his work was considered eminently suitable for religious art as was his use of strong black outlines and his ability as a colourist, which both the stained glass artists Manus Walsh and George Walsh have remarked upon” (Michelle Baily, op. cit.).