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10 de jun. de 2024 · It is such a striking portrait of a lovely girl, (the topmost photo) painted in about 1915 therefore during the First World War, by a most remarkable artist, William Orpen (1878-1931). Orpen was born in Dublin, Ireland, growing up in a large rambling house with parents who both drew although his father was a solicitor.
Há 5 dias · The-oil on-panel painting has all the vivid colours, textures and embellishments that define Orpen’s inimitable style. A PRESTIGIOUS €5,000 FIRST PRIZE. The Sir William Orpen Prize invites entries from individuals who are now, or have been in the past, ‘ready to start’ their own careers as artists.
2 de jun. de 2024 · Major William Orpen (later Sir William Orpen 1878-1931) born in County Dublin and trained as an artist at the Slade School. Orpen elected ARA in 1910. When War commenced in 1914, Orpen raised funds for the War Effort by auctioning blank canvases on which the purchaser’s portrait would be painted.
18 de jun. de 2024 · The building was named after Sir William Orpen, the painter who lived in South Bolton Gardens, but it shows scant regard for aesthetics in its uncomfortable relationship to its tall Victorian neighbours.
7 de jun. de 2024 · William Orpen’s brilliance as a draughtsman is confirmed here – a dangerous facility that made him able to bear all too readily the yoke of society portraiture. (Something that also hampered Augustus.)
18 de jun. de 2024 · The Treaty of Versailles [i] was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war.
7 de jun. de 2024 · William Orpen’s unfinished painting of Edith, Gypsy Girl, sold for €100,000 at De Vere’s on May 28. In 1909, the artist was preoccupied with Dublin street entertainers and especially dancing...
