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27 George Campbell RHA (1917 - 1979) Portrait of artist Paul Nietsche Ink, 28 x 20cm Signed
fig.36: John Hewitt and Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl with Colin Middleton’s ‘Jacob Wrestling The Angel’ at the exhibition of Lewinter-Frankl’s pictures, Belfast Museum, 1958
Partial to wearing bow ties, Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl was a refugee industrialist from Vienna. On his arrival in Belfast in 1939, John F. Turner40 introduced him to the Boys and he supported them during the 1940s by collecting their paintings. Turner, Hewitt and Lewinter-Frankl were committee members of CEMA.41 He was married to Anny Lewinter and together they located their knitwear company in Newtownards, Co. Down. A significant employer, Lewinter-Frankl’s decision to hang his art collection on the corridors, canteen and offices of his Newtownards factory became synonymous with his philosophy that employees and visitors to the factory should enjoy and experience beautiful paintings.42
fig.37: John Hewitt
fig.38: Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl and Sir Stanley Spencer, 1956
John F. Turner was senior art inspector in the Ministry of Education. The Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, Northern Ireland was established in 1943 (CEMA). The Council opened a permanent gallery at 55a Donegall Place in February 1947. Hewitt was Chairman until 1956. 42 Correspondence with Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl’s daughter, Vivienne Magee, 20 March 2015. 40 41