Sir William Orpen
Irish
1878-1931
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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 :. | Self-Portrait | View of Montmartre,Paris | The Dead Ptarmigan | Zonnebeke | Count John McCormack | Related Artists: Friedrich Heinrich FugerGerman Neoclassical Painter, 1751-1818 Bento Jose Rufino Capinampainted Christ Wearing the Crown of Thorns in 1791-1874 Carl Olaf Larsson1853-1919
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