He has painted some of the most important of the last few decades and I’m sure that people will bid generously for the chance to get a portrait of their choice painted”. “Everyone at City Hospice is delighted that David has agreed to paint a portrait for an auction lot. Corporate Partnerships Manager Nicky Piper said: Caring and enabling patients to be at home with their family and loved ones when suffering from a life-limiting illness is crucial to improving their quality of life”. “I have supported City Hospice for a number of years and I know how important their work is. Gladstone hung in Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery in 1889. His artistic inheritance came from his Grandfather, also a portrait painter, whose portrait of Prime Minister W.E. ![]() After graduating from The Slade, he soon established himself as one of the nation’s foremost portrait painters. Among the well known portraits who have sat for him are King Charles III (then H.R.G Prince of Wales), former Prime Ministers and celebrities.ĭavid 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. The BBC identifies him as ‘one of Wales’ most well-known portrait painters’. As part of the auction, bidders will have the opportunity to have a portrait of their choice painted by David himself.ĭavid Griffiths was born in Liverpool and bought up in north Wales. This November, we will be holding our 11th annual Charity Art Auction and we are delighted to be supported by Welsh portrait painter, David Griffiths.
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