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 :. | The Poet | A Peace Conference at the Zuai d Orsay | The Thinker on the Butte de Warlencourt | The Mirror | The Vere Foster Family |
Related Artists:
school of paris or Burgundy
early fifteenth century
John O Brien Inman
American, 1828-1896
Marcus Gheeraertz the Younger
painted Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex in 1596