Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell
Paris, Pont de St-Cloud 1942
22×29.5cm oil on canvas on board
Signed 'R.R.C' lower right Thallon frame with label. Signed and inscribed title verso and attached handwritten note 'Gift from Mr Sedon Xmas 1942', gallery label for the Sedon Galleries, 107 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
$3200
Robert Campbell
1902 – 1972
Robert Richmond Campbell born in Edinburgh in 1902 was an artist and gallery administrator
He migrated to Brisbane with his family in 1916
Primarily an artist, he held important positions at The Art Gallery of Queensland, The Art Gallery of South Australia, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, and in the formation of The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. He was pointed O.B.E. in 1958 and C.M.G. in 1967
His works are held in the collections of all major public galleries in Australia
He died in Adelaide in 1972
Robert Campbell
