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{{short description|English painter}}

{{about||the manager of the East Indian Railway Company|William Arthur Dring}}
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| name = William Dring
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|1|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Streatham, London
| birth_place = Streatham, London, England
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|9|29|1904|1|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Compton, Hampshire
| death_place = Compton, Hampshire, England
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| field = Painting, drawing
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| training = [[Slade School of Fine Art]]
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'''Dennis William Dring''', {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Royal Academy|RA]]}} (26 January 1904–29 September 1990), was an English portrait painter.
'''Dennis William Dring''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[List of Royal Academicians|RA]]}} (26 January 1904 – 29 September 1990) was a British portraitist.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Dring was born in Streatham, London and studied at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]] between 1922 and 1925, where he won several prizes and scholarships.<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|authors=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950|isbn=}}</ref> He taught drawing and painting at the Southampton School of Art until 1942.<ref name=Berry>{{cite web |author=Mulberry Gallery|url=http://www.mulberrygallery.com/williamdring.html|title=William Dring,RA (1904-1990) |year=|accessdate=3 October 2013|work=Mulberry Gallery}}</ref> In the late 1920s Dring was commissoned by the architects [[Edwin Lutyens]] and [[Albert Edward Richardson]] to paint a number of murals.<ref name="Benezit4">{{cite book|authors=|publisher=Editions Grund, Paris|year=2006|title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 4 Cossintino-Dyck|ISBN=2 7000 3074 5}}</ref>
Dring was born in Streatham, London and studied at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]] between 1922 and 1925, where he won several prizes and scholarships.<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|author=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950}}</ref> He taught drawing and painting at the Southampton School of Art until 1942.<ref name=Berry>{{cite web |author=Mulberry Gallery|url=http://www.mulberrygallery.com/williamdring.html|title=William Dring,RA (1904-1990) |access-date=3 October 2013|work=Mulberry Gallery}}</ref> In the late 1920s Dring was commissioned by the architects [[Edwin Lutyens]] and [[Albert Richardson (architect)|Albert Edward Richardson]] to paint a number of murals.<ref name="Benezit4">{{cite book|publisher=Editions Grund, Paris|year=2006|title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 4 Cossintino-Dyck|isbn=2-7000-3074-5}}</ref>


==World War Two==
==World War Two==
[[File:Group Captain AG Miller DFC, Order of Lenin (Art.IWM ART LD 4836).jpg|thumb|''Group Captain AG Miller DFC, Order of Lenin'' (Art.IWM ART LD 4836)]]
[[File:Group Captain AG Miller DFC, Order of Lenin (Art.IWM ART LD 4836).jpg|thumb|''Group Captain AG Miller DFC, Order of Lenin'' (Art.IWM ART LD 4836)]]
At the start of the Second World War Dring completed several portrait commissions for the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]], WAAC. In early 1942 he resigned from Southampton School of Art to work on a full-time contract for the Committee, specialising in Admiralty portraits.<ref name=WAAwd>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050001013|title=War artists archive:William Dring|year=|accessdate=29 October 2013|work=Imperial War Museum}}</ref> He travelled extensively within Britain at this time, painting subjects in Portsmouth, Scotland and the Western Approaches. In the late summer of 1943 he was given a second full-time contract which included more general subjects. His final war-time contract with WAAC saw Dring working on portraits for the [[Air Ministry]] throughout 1944 and 1945.<ref name="Foss">{{cite book|author=Brain Foss|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|title=War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945 |ISBN=978-0-300-10890-3}}</ref> Sixty-four of Drings war-time portraits, mostly pastels are in the collection of the [[Imperial War Museum]], who also hold five oil paintings by him.<ref name=IWMWD>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050001013|title=Search the Collection:William Dring|year=|accessdate=3 October 2013|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref> There are a further forty of his wartime works at the [[National Maritime Museum]], mostly pastel portraits.<ref name=NMM>{{cite web|last=National Maritime Museum|title=Collections online: William Dring|url=http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;searchTerm=william_dring;makerFacetLetter=D;start=0;makerReference=agent-163664|work=National Maritime Museum|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>
At the start of the Second World War Dring completed several portrait commissions for the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]], WAAC. In early 1942 he resigned from Southampton School of Art to work on a full-time contract for the Committee, specialising in Admiralty portraits.<ref name=WAAwd>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050001013|title=War artists archive:William Dring|access-date=29 October 2013|work=Imperial War Museum}}</ref> He travelled extensively within Britain at this time, painting subjects in Portsmouth, Scotland and the [[Western Approaches]]. In the late summer of 1943 he was given a second full-time contract which included more general subjects. His final war-time contract with WAAC saw Dring working on portraits for the [[Air Ministry]] throughout 1944 and 1945.<ref name="Foss">{{cite book|author=Brain Foss|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|title=War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945 |isbn=978-0-300-10890-3}}</ref> Sixty-four of Drings war-time portraits, mostly pastels are in the collection of the [[Imperial War Museum]], who also hold five oil paintings by him.<ref name=IWMWD>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050001013|title=Search the Collection:William Dring|access-date=3 October 2013|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref> There are a further forty of his wartime works at the [[National Maritime Museum]], mostly pastel portraits.<ref name=NMM>{{cite web|last=National Maritime Museum|title=Collections online: William Dring|url=http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;searchTerm=william_dring;makerFacetLetter=D;start=0;makerReference=agent-163664|work=National Maritime Museum|access-date=21 January 2014}}</ref>


==Later life==
==Later life==
Drings' post-war career included notable portraits of [[Sir Frank Stenton]], [[Austin Hopkinson]] and of [[Cecil Hurst]], family groups and landscapes plus portraits of members of the Royal Family.<ref name="Beeb">{{cite web|author=BBC/ Public Catalogue Foundation |date=|title=Your Paintings:William Dring|work=|accessdate=27 October 2013|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search/painted_by/william-d-dring#/search/painted_by/william-d-dring?=&page=1}}</ref> He recorded the presentation of the freedom of the City of London to the future [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]] in 1947 and produced a series of five portraits for [[Lincoln's Inn]] that included pictures of both [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name=SMwd>{{cite web |author=Sheffield Museums|url=http://collections.museums-sheffield.org.uk/view/people/asitem/D/17?t:state:flow=f896dbf3-f8a7-4e53-b821-05777fb3d141 |title= Collections, William Dring|year=|accessdate=9 June 2014|work=Sheffield Museums}}</ref> Dring was a frequent exhibitor at the [[Royal Watercolour Society]] and at the [[Royal Academy]], RA. He became an associate member of the RA in 1944 and a full academician in 1955.<ref name="Spalding">{{cite book|author=Frances Spalding|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|year=1990|title=20th Century Painters and Sculptors |ISBN=1 85149 106 6}}</ref> His younger brother James was also an artist.<ref name=Berry/> Dring married the artist [[Grace Rothwell]] and the couple lived at Compton, near [[Winchester]]. Their daughter, [[Melissa Dring]] is a portrait painter and forensic artist.<ref name="BuckmanVol1">{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=1998|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |ISBN=0 95326 095 X}}</ref>
Dring's post-war career included notable portraits of [[Sir Frank Stenton]], [[Austin Hopkinson]] and of [[Cecil Hurst]], family groups and landscapes plus portraits of members of the Royal Family.<ref name="Beeb">{{cite web|author=BBC/ Public Catalogue Foundation |title=Your Paintings:William Dring|work=[[Art UK]]|access-date=27 October 2013|url=https://artuk.org/search/search/search/keyword:william-d-dring}}</ref> He recorded the presentation of the freedom of the City of London to the future [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]] in 1947 and produced a series of five portraits for [[Lincoln's Inn]] that included pictures of both [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name=SMwd>{{cite web |author=Sheffield Museums|url=http://collections.museums-sheffield.org.uk/view/people/asitem/D/17?t:state:flow=f896dbf3-f8a7-4e53-b821-05777fb3d141 |title= Collections, William Dring|access-date=9 June 2014|work=Sheffield Museums}}</ref> Dring was a frequent exhibitor at the [[Royal Watercolour Society]] and at the [[Royal Academy]]. He became an associate member of the RA in 1944 and a full academician in 1955.<ref name="Spalding">{{cite book|author=Frances Spalding|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|year=1990|title=20th Century Painters and Sculptors |isbn=1-85149-106-6}}</ref> His younger brother James was also an artist.<ref name=Berry/> Dring married the artist Grace Rothwell and the couple lived at [[Compton, Hampshire|Compton]], near [[Winchester]]. Their daughter, Melissa Dring is a portrait painter and forensic artist.<ref name="BuckmanVol1">{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=1998|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |isbn=0-95326-095-X}}</ref>


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==References==
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For the manager of the East Indian Railway Company, see William Arthur Dring.

William Dring
Born(1904-01-26)26 January 1904
Streatham, London, England
Died29 September 1990(1990-09-29) (aged 86)
Compton, Hampshire, England
EducationSlade School of Fine Art
Known forPainting, drawing

Dennis William Dring RA (26 January 1904 – 29 September 1990) was a British portraitist.

Early life

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Dring was born in Streatham, London and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1922 and 1925, where he won several prizes and scholarships.[1] He taught drawing and painting at the Southampton School of Art until 1942.[2] In the late 1920s Dring was commissioned by the architects Edwin Lutyens and Albert Edward Richardson to paint a number of murals.[3]

World War Two

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Group Captain AG Miller DFC, Order of Lenin (Art.IWM ART LD 4836)

At the start of the Second World War Dring completed several portrait commissions for the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC. In early 1942 he resigned from Southampton School of Art to work on a full-time contract for the Committee, specialising in Admiralty portraits.[4] He travelled extensively within Britain at this time, painting subjects in Portsmouth, Scotland and the Western Approaches. In the late summer of 1943 he was given a second full-time contract which included more general subjects. His final war-time contract with WAAC saw Dring working on portraits for the Air Ministry throughout 1944 and 1945.[5] Sixty-four of Drings war-time portraits, mostly pastels are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, who also hold five oil paintings by him.[6] There are a further forty of his wartime works at the National Maritime Museum, mostly pastel portraits.[7]

Later life

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Dring's post-war career included notable portraits of Sir Frank Stenton, Austin Hopkinson and of Cecil Hurst, family groups and landscapes plus portraits of members of the Royal Family.[8] He recorded the presentation of the freedom of the City of London to the future Queen Elizabeth in 1947 and produced a series of five portraits for Lincoln's Inn that included pictures of both Lord Hailsham and Margaret Thatcher.[9] Dring was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Watercolour Society and at the Royal Academy. He became an associate member of the RA in 1944 and a full academician in 1955.[10] His younger brother James was also an artist.[2] Dring married the artist Grace Rothwell and the couple lived at Compton, near Winchester. Their daughter, Melissa Dring is a portrait painter and forensic artist.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  2. ^ a b Mulberry Gallery. "William Dring,RA (1904-1990)". Mulberry Gallery. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 4 Cossintino-Dyck. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3074-5.
  4. ^ Imperial War Museum. "War artists archive:William Dring". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  5. ^ Brain Foss (2007). War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10890-3.
  6. ^ Imperial War Museum. "Search the Collection:William Dring". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  7. ^ National Maritime Museum. "Collections online: William Dring". National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  8. ^ BBC/ Public Catalogue Foundation. "Your Paintings:William Dring". Art UK. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  9. ^ Sheffield Museums. "Collections, William Dring". Sheffield Museums. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  10. ^ Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  11. ^ David Buckman (1998). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-95326-095-X.
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