ARTIST: James Richard Campbell (Connecticut, Alabama, 1942 - 2022)
TITLE: Illustration - Portrait of Man
YEAR: 1980s
MEDIUM: graphite on board
CONDITION: Some age toning.
ART SIZE: 20 x 14 inches / 51 x 36 cm
BOARD SIZE: 23 x 15 inches / 58 x 38 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
PROVENANCE: Franklin Mint Collection
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 154789
US SHIPPING: $79 + insurance.

BIOGRAPHY:
The son of James Claude Richard Campbell and Estelle Adcock Campbell, he grew up assisting his grandfather, a local sign painter, in the 1950s. After one year at Troy University followed by service in the Air Force, James attended Art Center College of Design, in Los Angeles, and painted portraits at Disneyland and the Queen Mary. Upon graduating in 1972, he moved to Connecticut and worked as one of the top commercial illustrators in the country. His paintings appeared on magazine covers, including Time, and in numerous other publications. Among his other clients were Reader's Digest, Random House Books, Home Box Office and 20th Century Fox, for which he was commissioned to illustrate a poster for the film Star Wars in 1976. In the 1990s, James returned to Troy and focused on portrait painting. A retrospective of his artwork was held at Troy's Johnson Center for the Arts in 2021.