Joseph Galvin Artist

Uk Art Societies

• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Web-site showcasing members of the society. Now includes download-able PDF’s of previous exhibition catalogues
• The New English Art Club. Famous art society showcasing members work. Figurative/representational work.
• The Pastel Society, London.Society showcasing members work in Pastel & drawn mediums such as Charcoal
• Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
• The Royal Society of British Artists
• The Royal Institute of Oil Painters

Uk Major Figurative Art Prizes

• The Wales Portrait Award. Major travelling exhibition & prize, for portraiture connected with Wales
• The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize. Figurative/representational Painting Award
• The Discerning Eye Exhibition. Exhibition showcasing small works.

• The Royal Water colour Society/Sunday Times Water Colour Competition
• The Threadneedle Prize for Painting & Sculpture
• The BP Portrait Award . A Major exhibition & prize for contemporary Portraiture

Commercial Art Galleries that exhibit my work

• The Albany Gallery – Based in Cardiff
• Oriel Pen Y Fan – Based in Brecon

London Art Galleries

• The Mall Galleries A Gallery that exhibits work from the leading figurative art societies in the UK. It is also home to a major new prize for figurative  art “The Threadneedle Prize for Painting & Sculpture“

• The National Portrait Gallery, London. Home to a fascinating collection of portraits & the BP Portrait Award
• The National Gallery, London One of the best collections in the world
• Tate Britain Home to the Turner Collection, and British art from C15th onwards.
• The Courtauld Collection, Somerset House, London. Some great impressionist works. Manet, Degas, as well as a few Rubens
• Kenwood House, London. Home to a great collection of paintings including a fantastic Rembrandt self portrait, one of my favourite paintings
• Apsley House, London. Large collection of paintings, including a Velásquez
• The Wallace collection,London Stunning collection of paintings
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.

Art Galleries in Wales

• The National Museum of Wales. Home to a superb collection of impressionist paintings, part of the Davies Sisters Bequest.

Art Galleries Continental Europe

• Prado, Madrid,Spain. Famous collection including the Velásquez masterpiece, Las Meninas.  Of note: Check out Prado, Madrid in Google Earth. You can go inside a virtual Gallery to see some stunning High Res images from the collection.
• The Louvre Museum Paris, France. Famous collection. Gericault, Delacroix, Ingres ;to name a few which I find fascinating.
• Musee d’Orsay Paris,France. I find C19th painting one of my favourite periods, and France was the centre of the art world at this time. This Gallery has a superb collection of C19th Art.
• The RijkesMuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Collection famous for its Rembrandt’s. In particular “The Night Watch”