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Documentary commemorates George Campbell
• 05 Dec 2007 •
THE screening of the documentary on the ‘Irish Spaniard’, the artist George Campbell, entitled, ‘Looking for George’, at the CAC (Contemporary Art Centre), tells the story of an Irishman who was considered one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. The production by CedeCOM, at the initiative of José Antonio Sierra and produced during 2005 and 2007, demonstrated the theory that, when a person dies, his soul remains with of all those who were affected by it. George Campbell left his human and artistic heritage in his two motherlands, Ireland and Andalucia.
The Spanish Government designated him a Knight Commander of Spain, in recognition of his work as well as his efforts in promoting Spain in Ireland and in March 2005, the City Council of Málaga named a street after him.
George Campbell was born in 1917 at Arklow, County Wicklow, where he became one of Irelnd’s most famous painters. A self-taught artist who did not begin to paint until 1944, he held his first exhibition only three years later. He was to become a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Ireland.
Campbell first visited Spain in 1951, a significant moment in his life as Malaga was to become his second home. He would spend six months of every year there and made friends with many Spanish artists with whom he collaborated in the Colectivo Palmo exhibition, el Grupo Picasso and the El Pesebre workshops. His substantial artistic output in Spain is evidenced by the exhibitions of his work in the 60’s and 70’s. He was described by Ian Gibson as “Affable, witty, ironic, sarcastic and a great conversationalist with an endless stream of stories,”-and he spoke Spanish with a Malaga accent. George Campbell was to return to Malaga every year up until his death in 1979. |  Return to Top
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