He was born to a Welsh family in
Liverpool,
England, but the family moved to
Pwllheli when he was seven. He studied at the
Slade School of Fine Art,
London under the direction of Professor Sir
William Coldstream. Griffiths had an annual summer show in Pwllheli in the 1960s. He met art collector Mary Yapp and, in 1965, they formed an art gallery together in
Cardiff (later the
Albany Gallery), though Griffiths left the partnership after 6 months to concentrate on his paintings. Regarded as one of the U.K's foremost portrait painters, David Griffiths' large output of work include portraits of royalty, ambassadors, archbishops,
Lords Chancellor, distinguished parliamentarians, and well-known musicians and actors. It was his portrait of
Prince Charles on the occasion of Charles' investiture as
Prince of Wales in 1969 which brought him to general notice. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2019 New Year Honours for services to Art, particularly Portrait Painting. ==References==