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Christopher Campbell (painter)
Christopher Campbell (9 December 1908 – 1972) was an Irish painter. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics#Painting, painting event in the Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics, art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Campbell studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. As well as a painter, Campbell also worked with stained glass. He worked in Harry Clarke's studio in the 1930s, and his work was used in stained glass windows in several churches in Ireland. He also taught art at the Kilkenny Technical School. His younger brother, Laurence Campbell (sculptor), Laurence, was a sculptor. References 1908 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Irish painters Irish male painters Olympic competitors in art competitions Painters from Dublin (city) 20th-century Irish male artists {{Ireland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term ''painting ''describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects. Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, Composition (visual arts), composition, gesture (as in gestural painting), narrative, narration (as in narrative art), and abstraction (as in abstract art). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in still life and landscape art, lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
