Irish Artist George Campbell

George Campbell, was a Belfast born Irish painter who lived generally between Spain and Ireland up to his death in 1979

Interestingly when in Ranelagh in Dublin, I lived on the same road that Irish artist George Campbell lived on. I knew about him and his art but what I didn’t know was that he also lived in Malaga, in Pedregalejo to be exact. It was only after I moved to Malaga that I discovered about how he spent a lot of time in the El Palo area of Malaga and also that there is a roundabout named after Belfast born “Jorge Campbell” as he is known around these parts.

Ranelagh

At about 37 mins in the below video, you’ll see Leeson Park Avenue / Florence Terrace which is the street in Ranalagh where both myself and George Campbell lived on…….about 40 decades apart!

Pedregalejo, Malaga

Pedregalejo was George Campbell’s adopted home.

I visited Pedregalejo a few times on my bike and I like it immensely. Now it has, what I would describe as a hipster vibe to it, while in the video it is described as being somewhat bohemian. I can understand why George Campbell was attracted to live there and it is somewhere I would like to live if I was to move out of Malaga City Centre. Of course, now that it is “hipster” and gentrified, it seems quite expensive to rent a place.