Landscape painter and restorer, born in London. After falling from a ladder, aged three, when he broke his back, William Ware was confined to various hospitals until 16, when he was cured, but at the age of nine he decided to become a painter. He studied at Putney School of Art, gaining a scholarship which took him to Richmond Art School, 1932–7, under Patrick Millard and Albert Houthuesen. Married the artist Eileen Aldridge, their son being the painter Martin Ware. During World War II painted scenes of the London Blitz, a number of pictures being acquired by Imperial War Museum (Hastings Museum & Art Gallery showed such war works, done from his studio opposite Fulham football ground, in 2001). Set up a gallery in London and gained a reputation as a restorer, doing work for national galleries and museums.