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David RemfryDancers2000
2000
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David Remfry studied at Hull College of Art from 1959 to 1964. Remfry had his first solo show in London in 1973 and has since had more than 50 international solo exhibitions. His first show in the United States was at the Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles in 1980. He has exhibited regularly since then at galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Florida and in 2002 had a solo exhibition at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, Museum of Modern Art affiliate, which was 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. He has exhibited many times at galleries in Holland and Germany.
An international touring retrospective of his DANCERS paintings opened in 2002 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida and at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH in March 2004. The exhibition toured to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England in May 2005 and the Ferens Art Gallery in November 2005. An extensive catalogue of the DANCERS series has been published by the Boca Raton Museum of Art to coincide with its tour and includes essays by Dore Ashton, Edward Lucie-Smith and Carter Ratcliff and an interview with Alanna Heiss. Remfry lives and works in London and New York
- Creator:David Remfry (1942, British)
- Creation Year:2000
- Dimensions:Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 80 in (203.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Boca Raton, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU135425806982
David Remfry
David Remfry was born in Worthing, UK, in 1942. His family moved to Hull and he studied Art and Printmaking at the Hull College of Art. He currently lives and works in London. Early solo exhibitions include Ferens Art Gallery, Hull in 1974 and Folkestone Art Gallery, Kent in 1976. Since 1973 he has exhibited regularly at galleries and museums across the UK, Europe and the USA. He is perhaps best known for his large-scale watercolours of dancers; his series of drawings and watercolours of his neighbours and friends at the Hotel Chelsea New York City where he lived from 1995-2016, and his commission by designer Stella McCartney to produce a series of drawings for the launch of her fashion house and for Absolut Vodka. Over the past five decades his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; and the DeLand Museum of Art, Florida.
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