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Career/Role in Life
Christopher Campbell’s education at the CBS at St Mary's Place in Dublin and at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin, where he studied painting under George Atkinson and Patrick Touhy led to his success in the art industry. Beginning in the 1930s Campbell produced many self-portraits, both paintings and drawings. A portrait of  Maude Gonne was painted in 1932 by Campbell. An example, dating to 1939, is to be found in the National Self-Portrait collection at the University of Limerick. Here, Campbell's position and gesture are highlighted by the employment of a bold black outline, which also serves to delineate areas of vivid colour as Campbell produces a remarkable contrast between blue and red in his attire. Figure in a Forest and Beggarman were two of his watercolours from 1933 that were not displayed at the Academy. Brothers appeared at the 1936 RHA. Campbell and his brother Laurence collaborated on this charcoal sketch because Laurence also signed it. Christopher also displayed his brother, The Sculptor Critic, that year, along with five other pieces, one of which was The Child of Prague, a cartoon for stained glass. He participated in the Academy of Christian Art exhibition in Dublin in 1941. He displayed the oil painting The Letter at the Munster Fine Art Club exhibition in 1942. Campbell also produced artwork for the Capuchin Annual as an illustrator (1953–69). He had previously taught art at the Kilkenny technical school (1947–1951). In 1920, Campbell debuted at the RHA, and from 1930 through 1971, he consistently sent in subject paintings, stained glass designs, drawings, and portraits from a residence at Brian Road in Clontarf, Dublin. Since 1958, the majority of his watercolour drawings for stained glass have been displayed. In Dublin (1941), he participated in the Academy of Christian Art exhibition, and in the Munster Fine Art Club exhibition (1942). There is a collection at the Neptune Gallery which mostly contains sketches of self portraits and sketches for his stain glass art. His art now retails for up to €4600.