Artist: William Dring

Title: 'Portrait of Melissa, the artist's daughter' - an original signed oil painting on canvas, framed

Description: (Dennis) William Dring, RA, RWS, RP (1904-1990) was a very well known painter of portraits and landscapes in oil, watercolour and pastel.  He was born in London, his younger brother being the painter James Dring.  William Dring studied at the Slade School under Henry Tonks 1922-25. He met and married his fellow artist Elizabeth Rothwell who was the model for many of his paintings and drawings. During World War II Dring was an official war artist and his work is represented in the Imperial War Museum.

William Dring was elected ARA 1944 and a full member of the Royal Academy 1955. He was also a member of the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.  He had a number of Royal commissions including painting the christening of HRH Prince Charles the Prince of Wales. In 1990 Agnew's held a major retrospective exhibition of his work which unfortunately he was unable to attend due to illness.

The present work is an oil painting on canvas ,measuring 16 x 12 inches image size, of Melissa the artist's younger daughter who later became an artist herself. It is signed and dated we think (19)50 and the provenance is the artist's studio near Winchester.  It is in good original condition and is housed in a more modern frame which is also in good order save for some minor losses. There is a Bourlet agents label attached to the stretcher indicating that this work had been sent by the artist for exhibition. An oil of Melissa was shown at the Royal Academy in 1952 but we do not know whether this is the exhibited picture...

We have a large and varied selection of William Dring's work available on enquiry.

Price: £725

Size: 16 x 12 inches, canvas size  

Shipping: £15 to UK mainland. Please enquire for other locations.

Ref #: 0758