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The '''Whitfield Fine Art Gallery''' is an art gallery in [[Mayfair]], [[London]], owned and founded by [[Clovis Whitfield]] in 1979. The gallery specialises in Italian Old Master paintings.

==History==
The gallery was founded in 1979 located on Old Bond Street in London and recently moved to a new {{convert|2000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} space on the first floor of 23 Dering Street in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-202012203.html|title=A discovery trail: master paintings week in London: Susan Moore previews the highlights and revelations on show in an enterprising new venture devised by two of London's most distinguished Old Master dealers|last=Moore|first=Susan|date=June 2009|work=Apollo {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref>

Whitfield Fine Art takes part in a number of art fairs worldwide, including the European Fine Art Fair, [[Maastricht]], Collezionismo Internazionale a Palazzo Venezia [[Rome]] and the Biennale Internazionale dell‘ Antiquariato, [[Florence]]. The gallery is a member of the [[Society of London Art Dealers]].

The gallery has sold to many of the great museums of the world including: [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]; [[J. Paul Getty Museum]], Malibu; [[Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna]]; [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid; [[Cleveland Museum of Art]]; [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]]; [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Vienna; [[Blanton Museum of Art]], Houston; [[Kunsthaus]], Zurich; [[The Royal Museum of Fine Arts]], Antwerp and the [[National Museum of Western Art]], Tokyo among many others.

Key personnel:
*[[Clovis Whitfield]], Owner

==Exhibitions==
===2011===
Ideal and Classical Landscape (1–29 July 2011)

===2010===
Claudia Carr. Under the branch of an echo (6 September - 1 October 2010)

[[Caravaggio]]'s Friends & Foes (27 May - 23 July 2010)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25321250.html|title=An Exhibition in Need of Its Inspiration|last=McLean-Ferris|first=Laura|date=8 July 2010|work=The Independent {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref>

Ilona Szalay (15 April - 14 May 2010)

[[Theodore Mendez]], The late Fifties and early Sixties (3–26 February 2010)

===2009===
Important Old Masters in Monaco. (September- October)

Old Masters in a Modern Light. (June–July)

[[Thomas Nathaniel Davies]]: Retrospective. (May)

==Publications==
"[[Caravaggio]]'s Friends & Foes", exh. cat., London 2010

''[[Theodore Mendez]], The late Fifties and early Sixties,'' exh. cat., London 2010

''Important Old Masters in Monaco,'' exh. cat., London 2009

''Old Masters in a Modern Light'' exh. cat., London 2009

''[[Thomas Nathaniel Davies]]: Retrospective.'' exh. cat., London 2009

''The Grand Gallery'', exh. cat., London 2008

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.whitfieldfineart.com Whitfield Fine Art Gallery website]
* [http://www.slad.org.uk The Society of London Art Dealers]
* [http://www.tefaf.com TEFAF], [[The European Fine Art Fair]]
* [http://www.masterpaintingsweek.co.uk/ Master Paintings Week]
* [http://www.biennaleantiquariato.it/ Biennale Internazionale dell‘ Antiquariato, Florence]

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[[Category:Art museums and galleries in London]]
[[Category:Contemporary art galleries in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster]]
[[Category:Visitor attractions in the City of Westminster]]
[[Category:Art galleries established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in England]]

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