Education
Remfry attended Hull College of Art from 1959-1964 before moving to London.
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David Remfry
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Best known for his life-size watercolors of urban scenes and nightclubs, his work is held by many museums in the United States and United Kingdom. His first show in the United States was at the Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles in 1980. He has exhibited since then at galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Florida and in 2002 had a solo exhibition at Process Status 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, Museum of Modern Art affiliate, curated by Alanna Heiss and Daniel Marzona.
Solo museum shows in England include the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Ferens Art Gallery Hull, (1975 and 2005), Middlesbrough Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The National Portrait commissioned Remfry to paint Sir John Gielgud in 1981 and also acquired his watercolor of Jean Muir. In 2001 he was awarded the M.B.E. for services to British Art in America by Queen Elizabeth World War II
Bass Museum of Art, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida
British Museum, London
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Contemporary Art Society, London
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Middlesbrough Art Gallery, England
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul
National Portrait Gallery, London
New Orleans Museum of Art
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Royal Watercolour Society, London
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
The Museum at Florida International University, Florida
Royal Collection, Windsor, England
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, England
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England.
Membership
Remfry was elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1987. In 2006 he was elected a Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London and in 2007 he was invited to receive Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Lincoln.
