DAVID GRIFFITHS - PORTRAIT PAINTER

 
  
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DAVID GRIFFITHS,  portrait painter, was born in Liverpool and brought up in north Wales. His artistic inheritance came from his Grandfather, also a portrait painter, whose portrait of Prime Minister W. E. Gladstone hung in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery in 1889.

He trained at The Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, under the direction of Sir William Coldstream, Sir Ernst Gombrich and Sir Anthony Blunt. After graduating at The Slade, he soon established himself as one of the nation's foremost portrait painters. He has painted portraits of many of the most eminent figures in contemporary society. His subjects include royalty, ambassadors, archbishops and distinguished members of the government, industry, commerce, medicine and academic and legal professions.

Among the well known portrait subjects who have sat for him are H.R.H. The Prince of Wales; William Farish, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.K.; Lord Tonypandy as Speaker of the House of Commons; Lord Bernard Weatherill as Speaker of The House of Commons; Rt. Hon. Lord Callaghan, former Prime Minister of the U.K.; Lord Elwyn Jones, former Lord Chancellor; Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos; Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell O.B.E.; The Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury; The Most Reverend Dr. Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales; Rt. Hon. Lord Hailsham; Archdruid James Nicholas; Archdruid Sir Cynan Evans Jones; Bryn Terfel; Sir Geraint Evans; Barry John and Sian Philllips.

The Midland Bank sponsored a major exhibition of his portrait work at The Ammanford Royal National Eisteddfod and in 2002 The National Library of Wales held a retrospective exhibition of his portraits.

 

David Griffiths Portrait Painter


 

Recent work: 

Joe Calzaghe, CBE

Measuring 40" x 30", in oils on canvas, the portrait can be seen at the Christmas Exhibition at the Martin Tinney Gallery from 27th November 2009. It has been reviewed in the South Wales Argus as the 'star attraction' of the exhibition. 

Joe Calzaghe by David Griffiths Portrait Painter

 


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David Griffiths has exhibited widely and is represented in many public and private collections, including:

The American Embassy, London;

The House of Lords, London;

The British Association of Anaesthetists, London;

The Federation of British Anaesthetists, London;

The Association of Chartered Surveyors;

Speaker's House, Westminster;

The Linnean Society of London;

University of Wales, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Swansea and Bangor;

The City Hall, Cardiff;

Liverpool University;

Peterhouse College, Cambridge;

The National Library of Wales;

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society;

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters;

Museum and Art Gallery, Newport;

Llandovery College;

Trinity College;

Lampeter College;

Cardiff and County Club;

University of Wales College of Medicine;

The Sir Geraint Evans Wales Heart Research Institute.