Irish
1878-1931
Sir William Orpen Location
Irish painter. He attended the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin (1891-7), and the Slade School of Art, London (1897-9), there winning the composition prize of 1899 with The Play Scene from Hamlet (Houghton Hall, Norfolk). He became a friend of Augustus John and joined the New English Art Club. From very early years he had been an impassioned student of the Old Masters, and he went to Paris with John in 1899 to see Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa (Paris, Louvre). In the following years his perception of their works Related Paintings of Sir William Orpen :. | Early Morning | To the Unknown British Soldier in France | A Bloomsbury Family | Young Ireland Grace Gifford | A Peace Conference at the Zuai d Orsay | Related Artists: Edward Beyer painted The Peaks of Otter and the Town of Liberty in 1855 kristina forsten
