Original Pencil Sketch 'seated Nude' by William Dring RA, 1904-90. Signed and Framed. C. 1935

English painter, born on 26 January. Dring studied at the Slade School of Art during the 1920s. He painted both portraits and landscapes, working in watercolour, pastels and oil. Like Charles E. Turner (1883–1965) and Bernard Hailstone (1910–87), Dring is most well known now for the works he painted during the Second World War. His employment as an Official War Artist involved the painting of many portraits of soldiers and officers, and he represented them both individually and in groups. Many of these are now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London. Dring’s soft pastel technique seems to have caught his sitters apparently unposed, represented in moments of reflection or at work at their posts. Dring’s skill was recognized in his election as member of the Society of Painters in Watercolour. His fame grew after the war and he was elected a full member of the Royal Academy. The drawing is on Victor Linen paper, a very delicate substrate. Provenance; Purchased from the Dring studio sale and then via Grant Waters. Image size; 22 cm x 28 cm. Frame size; 39 cm x 49 cm.