David Spiller

(British, 1942–2018)

David Spiller is a contemporary British painter best known for his graphic, flattened depictions of cartoon characters. “I really want to make paintings that put some magic on the wall,” he has said. “Some of them are straightforward things. Some are wild things. But underneath, it says I love you.” In his work, Spiller brings together a combination of Pop Art influences with the more painterly Art Brut techniques of artists such as Jean Dubuffet. The surfaces of Spiller’s paintings have the appearance of something doodled over, or reused—the faces of Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse are often interrupted by childlike scribbles and scratches. Born in 1942 in Kent, England, he went on to study at the Slade School of Art in London. His work is in the private and public collections of the Morgan Stanley Bank in Frankfurt, Belgacom in Brussels, the Hanwon Museum in Seoul, the Collection UCL Foundation in London, and the Carmignac Gestion in Paris. Spiller lives and works between Berlin, Germany and New York, NY.

David Spiller Artworks

David Spiller (185 results)
Love Forever True, 2017

David Spiller

Love Forever True, 2017

TAG Fine Arts

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Such A Perfect Day, 2018

David Spiller

Such A Perfect Day, 2018

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Olive, 1989

David Spiller

Olive, 1989

Composition Gallery

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LOVE FOREVER TRUE, 2017

David Spiller

LOVE FOREVER TRUE, 2017

Galerie Wild

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Hold Me (Sylvester), 2016

David Spiller

Hold Me (Sylvester), 2016

TAG Fine Arts

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Love (Minnie), 2017

David Spiller

Love (Minnie), 2017

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Mickey Evening Bag, 2012

David Spiller

Mickey Evening Bag, 2012

Galerie Wild

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Such a perfect Day, 2018

David Spiller

Such a perfect Day, 2018

Galerie Wild

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In my heart, 2017

David Spiller

In my heart, 2017

TAG Fine Arts

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Only You (Tom), 2015

David Spiller

Only You (Tom), 2015

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With Love (Mickey), 2016

David Spiller

With Love (Mickey), 2016

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Oh Boy (Minnie), 2016

David Spiller

Oh Boy (Minnie), 2016

TAG Fine Arts

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