David Remfry MBE RA RWS (born 1942 in Worthing, England)[1] is a British painter and curator.

[2][3] A retrospective of Remfry’s work, curated by Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker, is planned for 2025 at Beverley Art Gallery, East Riding.

The National Portrait Gallery commissioned Remfry to paint Sir John Gielgud in 1981 and also acquired his watercolor of Jean Muir.

In 2002 George Bolge, Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art curated the exhibition David Remfry Dancers.

It serves as a biographical and critical study of the work, with essays by Edward Lucie-Smith, Dore Ashton and Carter Ratcliff, and provides a definitive mid-career survey of an increasingly important and original figure in British and American Art.

The drawings depict actors including Ethan Hawke (and Nina), Susan Sarandon (with Penny and Rigby) and Alan Cumming (with Honey)[13] and several Hotel Chelsea neighbours among them April Barton (with Ava), Laura Kaplan (with Oscar) and Drew Straub (with Fuzzy) the philanthropist Agnes Gund (with Tina, Giotto and Bronzino) and Mayer Rus (with Louise).

In 2002 Stella McCartney commissioned Remfry to produce a series of drawings of fashion model Tetyana Brazhnyk to be used in the advertising campaign to launch the first collection of her own fashion house in association with Absolut Vodka (which has a history of dramatic and provocative advertising incorporating the work of contemporary artists).

The retro styling and the sensual mood of these drawings are characteristic of Remfry's work, and also of Stella McCartney's designs, which are inspired by 1960s and 70s fashions.

McCartney said "Absolut has a long history of collaborating with fashion designers, photographers, painters and other visual artists and I'm excited to join their ranks," said Stella.

In September 2003 the Victoria and Albert Museum, London opened Fashion into Art: David Remfry Drawings for Stella McCartney curated by Fiona Leslie.

A book, Fashion into Art: David Remfry Drawings for Stella McCartney accompanied the exhibition and features an interview with the artist by Lance Esplund ISBN 0971397244.