William Orpen
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen KBE RA (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish portrait painter, who worked mainly in London. He was an official war artist during World War I.
Most of these works, 138 in all, he gave to the British Government. They have simple white frames and are kept together in the Imperial War Museum in London. For his war work, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1918 King's birthday honours list.[1]
Otherwise, Orpen was seen at his best in personal family portraits.
- "Orpen was fond of painting women sitters against a black background, lighting the figure from two sides, an arrangement which gave luminosity and a certain ethereal appearance to his unfaltering but matter of fact statement".[2]
William Orpen Media
- The Mirror, by William Orpen.jpg
The Mirror (1900) (Tate)
- Sir William Orpen - Grace reading at Howth Bay.jpg
Grace reading at Howth Bay (c.1908-1912)
- William Orpen-Ready to Start-1917.jpg
- WilliamOrpenReadytoStart
- Schwaben Redoubt by William Orpen IWM Art.IWM ART 3000.jpg
The Schwaben Redoubt (1917)
- Orpen, William (Sir) (RA) - Dead Germans in a Trench - Google Art Project.jpg
Dead Germans in a Trench (1918)
- The Refugee (b) Art.IWMART3005.jpg
The Refugee (B) (1917), modelled by Yvonne Aubicq
- William Orpen - Zonnebeke - Google Art Project.jpg
Zonnebeke (1918) (Tate)
- The Mad Woman of Douai Art.IWMART4671.jpg
The Mad Woman of Douai (1918)
- William Orpen - The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors.jpg
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- ↑ No. 30730. 7 June 1918. pp. 6685–6686. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30730/supplement/6685
- ↑ Wellington, H.L. (1940). "Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague (1878 - 1931)". Dictionary of National Biography, 1931-40 suppl. London: Oxford University Press.