William Baring (painter)

Eugen Albert William Baring (born July 21, 1881 in Dresden ; † August 31, 1961 in Melle ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

In 1888 Baring's parents moved with him to Niederfähre near Meißen . After attending primary school in Zscheila , he completed an apprenticeship in a porcelain painting workshop from 1896 to 1897, which he had to abandon due to the bankruptcy of the company. In 1898 he attended the Dresden School of Applied Arts . In the following year he went to the drawing school of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meißen , where he completed an apprenticeship as a staff and figure painter from 1900 to 1903. He then worked as a figure painter ( Watteau painter ). From 1907 to 1910 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy , first with Oskar Zwintscher and later as a master student of Gotthardt Kuehl .

In 1911, Baring began to work as a freelance artist for the State Porcelain Manufactory in Meißen. His works for the manufactory include many decorative designs for vessels, plates and decorative tiles (including stoves). During the First World War, he served as a medic on the Eastern and Western Fronts from 1916 to 1918. In addition to porcelain painting, Baring also worked as a poster artist and won various competitions. In 1924, he was able to win first prize in a poster competition organized by the HAPAG shipping company in the form of a study trip to Morocco and Spain. He was also successful in several competitions organized by the city of Meissen, including in 1929 on the occasion of the city's 1000th anniversary. In 1937 Baring joined the NSDAP . In the same year he became artistic director of the painting department of the Meissen porcelain factory, which he remained until 1945. In September 1945 he was dismissed while the production facilities were being dismantled.

Baring then worked as a freelance artist in his studio in Meissen. He received some public commissions for realistic-style work, such as wall paintings. In 1959 he moved to his daughter in Melle , where he died two years later.

Web links

• Steffen Förster: Eugen Albert William . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
• Monika Spiller: Baring, William . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 7, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22747-7 , p. 67.
• Baring, William . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 112 .