▁of ▁cre ativity , ▁and ▁I ▁thought , ▁well , ▁I ▁could ▁catch ▁the ▁disease ▁perhaps ." ▁Key ▁figures ▁in ▁prom oting ▁Camp oli ' s ▁work ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁included ▁Chicago ▁art ▁deal er ▁All an ▁Fr um kin , ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁al umn i , ▁art ▁critic ▁and ▁cur ator ▁Peter ▁Sel z , ▁and ▁Chicago ▁art ▁critic ▁Franz ▁Schul ze . ▁ ▁Camp oli ▁also ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Design ▁at ▁Illinois ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology , ▁where ▁he ▁influenced ▁many ▁subsequent ▁artists ▁and ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁introdu cing ▁casting ▁techniques ▁to ▁Chicago . ▁His ▁interest ▁was ▁in ▁creating ▁organ ic , ▁n urt uring , ▁rounded ▁" yen " ▁forms , ▁particularly ▁port ray ing ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁birds , ▁other ▁animals , ▁and ▁eggs ▁in ▁bronze , ▁cl ay , ▁stone , ▁or ▁mixed - media ▁objects ▁such ▁as ▁abstract ed ▁bird b ath s ▁that ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁sur real . ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁ext ant ▁works ▁are ▁now ▁in ▁public ▁and ▁private ▁collections , ▁including ▁those ▁of ▁Mo MA , ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Contempor ary ▁Art ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁and ▁the ▁Sm art ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art . ▁In ▁later ▁years , ▁his ▁b ip olar ▁dis order ▁manif ested ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁keep ▁up ▁a ▁steady ▁pace ▁of ▁work , ▁but ▁continued ▁to ▁teach ▁and ▁exhib it ▁his ▁work . ▁ ▁Camp oli ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁his ▁home ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁Hy de ▁Park , ▁even ▁having ▁a ▁d ish , ▁" P