Adrian Maurice Daintrey, RWA (1902–1988) was a British portrait and landscape painter.

Life

Adrian Daintrey was born in Balham,

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on 23 June 1902, the youngest of three children of Ernest Daintrey, a solicitor and his wife Lucy Mary (née Blagdon). He was educated at

Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...

, where he developed his artistic skills, at the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

from 1920 to 1924, and at the

École du Louvre The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and grande école located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy. Admission is ...

and L' Académie de la Grande Chaumière,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. He gathered a wide circle of friends including the artists Augustus John,

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and

Rex Whistler Reginald John "Rex" Whistler (24 June 190518 July 1944) was a British artist, who painted murals and society portraits, and designed theatrical costumes. He was killed in action in Normandy in World War II. Whistler was the brother of poet and ...

. The novel,

The Acceptance World ''The Acceptance World'' is the third book of Anthony Powell's twelve novel sequence, ''A Dance to the Music of Time''. Nick Jenkins continues the narration of his life and encounters with friends and acquaintances in London, between 1931 and 1 ...

by Anthony Powell novel, is dedicated to him. He shared his first exhibition with Paul Nash at Dorothy Warren's Gallery in 1928. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he served widely abroad. After the war he held shows at his studio to promote his work. He worked for ''

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'' from 1953 to 1961 as the

art critic An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...

. He illustrated Elizabeth David's '' Summer Cooking'' and several of her other titles, sometimes working with John Minton. From the late 1960s he taught part-time at the

City and Guilds of London Art School Founded in 1854 as the Lambeth School of Art, the City and Guilds of London Art School is a small specialist art college located in central London, England. Originally founded as a government art school, it is now an independent, not-for-profit ...

. His illustrated memoir ''I Must Say'' offers a vivid portrayal of London life among artistic and bohemian circles in the 1920s and 30s. He died at the Charterhouse almshouse where he had lived as a Brother from 1984 until his death.

Exhibitions

* South London Art Gallery * Michael Parkin Fine Art * Sally Hunter Fine Art

Collections

* *

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

(1 drawing) *

Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military ...

(9 works) *

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...

(1 portrait)

Legacy

Hilary Spurling records that the central character in Anthony Powell's 1933 novel ''

From a View to a Death ''From a View to a Death'' is the third novel by the English writer Anthony Powell. It combines comedy of manners with Powell’s usual interest in the subtleties of British 20th-century society in a bitterly funny narrative. Here, Powell begi ...

'' is "a pushy young painter, an irrepressible opportunist of colossal nerve and cheek called Arthur Zouch, easily recognizable to friends as Adrian Daintrey." The character is invited to the Passengers' country house to paint family portraits, and in return he seduces the young women of the house until the father, furious, sends him out to hunt on a dangerous horse, and Zouch falls, breaking his neck.

References

External links

ArtNet

Christies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daintrey, Adrian Maurice 1902 births 1988 deaths English art critics People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art British expatriates in France