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Sir William Orpen
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
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Painting ID:: 27693
Jason and Medea
1907
oil on canvas
131.4x105.4cm
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Painting ID:: 60002
Zonnebeke,
Zonnebeke, 1918, Tate Gallery.
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Sir William Orpen
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 Artists to Sir William Orpen: | Maurer, Alfred Henry | Norman prescott-davies | Diego Quispe Tito | Jan Stanislawski | Wladyslaw Podkowinski |
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