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"Arthur Howell". By William Dring Ra Large Oil Portrait.
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"Arthur Howell". By William Dring Ra Large Oil Portrait.

1920 - 1940
Description

Artist: (Dennis) William Dring. R.A. R.W.S. R.P. (1904 London- 1990).

Title: "Arthur Howell Esq."

Signed. Circa 1940. Oil on canvas.

Provenance: Exhibited at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. See label on the reverse.

William Dring at the time was living at: Windy Ridge, Compton, Winchester.

Size: 36"x 28". Framed size: 44"x 36".

Now cleaned and varnished. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

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Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

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(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 in 1944 and a full member of the Royal Academy in 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.

Physical Dimensions
Height
112cm (44.09")
Width
92cm (36.22")
Depth
8cm (3.15")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this William Dring Oil Portrait to the 1940s.

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SA526812
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WGB
Description
Artist: (Dennis) William Dring. R.A. R.W.S. R.P. (1904 London- 1990).

Title: "Arthur Howell Esq."

Signed. Circa 1940. Oil on canvas.

Provenance: Exhibited at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. See label on the reverse.

fig 1. An oil portrait on canvas depicting a seated gentleman named Arthur Howell wearing a dark navy three-piece suit against a light yellow background.
fig 1. "Arthur Howell". By William Dring Ra Large Oil Portrait.

William Dring at the time was living at: Windy Ridge, Compton, Winchester.

Size: 36"x 28". Framed size: 44"x 36".

Now cleaned and varnished. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

For more info please contact us at:

fig 2. An oil portrait on canvas depicting a seated gentleman named Arthur Howell wearing a dark navy three-piece suit against a light yellow background.
fig 2. "Arthur Howell". By William Dring Ra Large Oil Portrait.

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

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(Dennis) William Dring, RA, RWS, RP (1904-1990) was a very well known painter of portraits and landscapes in oil, watercolour and pastel.
William Greenwood Fine Art

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.

fig 3. An oil portrait on canvas depicting a seated gentleman named Arthur Howell wearing a dark navy three-piece suit against a light yellow background.
fig 3. "Arthur Howell". By William Dring Ra Large Oil Portrait.

William Dring was elected ARA in 1944 and a full member of the Royal Academy in 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.

Height
112cm (44.09")
Width
92cm (36.22")
Depth
8cm (3.15")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this William Dring Oil Portrait to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers
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SA526812
Dealers Internal Ref
WGB
William Greenwood Fine Art
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An oil portrait on canvas depicting a seated gentleman named Arthur Howell wearing a dark navy three-piece suit against a light yellow background.
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Twentieth-century British portraiture often balances classical academic realism with direct characterisation, utilising oil on canvas to capture formal sitters with structured brushwork and clear illumination.

Traditional oil portraits are rendered using oil-based pigments applied to stretched linen or cotton canvas, built up in translucent layers over a primed gesso ground.

Authentic period portraits typically display artist signatures or monograms near the lower edges, period-appropriate stretcher construction, natural craquelure pattern, and provenance labels on the reverse.

Position the portrait above a sideboard or fireplace mantle to serve as a focal point, pairing it with contemporary lighting or clean-lined furniture to create architectural contrast.

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