How to Pronounce George Bryant Campion
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Dec 30, 1795 Great Britain, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jan 1870 (aged 74)
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About George Bryant Campion
- George Bryant Campion (1795–1870) was an English watercolour landscape painter.
- He was one of the earliest members of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, having been elected in 1837, and was a frequent contributor to the exhibitions of that society.
- Olden Times and Gathering Orach, both exhibited at the Institute of Painters in Water Colours (as the Society was renamed in 1863) in 1869, are fair specimens of his art.
- He was for some time drawing master at the Military Academy, Woolwich.
- Although many sites say that George Bryant Campion retired and died in Munich, he died on 1 April 1870 at Woolwich, UK.
- Another common mistake is that he was the author of "The Adventures of a Chamois Hunter". He married at St Dionis Backchurch, London on 20 October 1821, Elizabeth née Paling (c.1800-1877), who was born at Peckham, Surrey.
- In 1851, a ‘drawing master, Royal [Military] Academy’, living in Thomas Street, Woolwich with his 51 year old wife Elizabeth and their three children, Charles 18, Edwin 14 and Emily 12, all born at Pentonville.
- In Clarke’s 'History of Ipswich' (Ipswich 1830), opposite page 299 is a sketch from a design by G.
- Campion, late of this town, this was reproduced in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine' January 1831, ‘late of Ipswich.’ Watercolour painter, initially painting landscapes and topographical views but later specialised in military subjects and studies of uniforms, and exhibited ten works at the Society of British Artists from 1829 and was one of the earliest members of the New Watercolour Society, later the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, when living at Pentonville, London, and from where, up to 1869, he exhibited over 400 watercolours and was vice-president 1839-1841.
- George taught drawing to private pupils and from 1841 an instructor of drawing at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich but later in life is reputed to have lived in Munich.
- Two watercolours of the Windsor review of 1869, offered to the Queen, were purchased by her son, Prince Arthur, whose governor described Campion as ‘a very eccentric old man, [who] will have his own way’.
- He died at his home at 49 Woolwich Common, Woolwich, London on 1 April 1870, and he left at least two sons Alfred Bryant and Frederick.
- From 9 December in that year a sale of 700 of his remaining pictures, sketches, and studies was held at Christie's.
