William Orpen, Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs

William Orpen

British · 1878–1931 · Painter, Draughtsman

Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen was an Irish artist who mainly worked in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of… (Wikipedia)

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  1. William Orpen, After The Ball, Oil on canvasAfter The BalldeVeres · €310,000≈ $349,029≈ £260,976Sign up to see
  2. SERGEANT MURPHY AND THINGS; MR STEPHEN SANFORD'S SERGEANT MURPHY WITH CAPTAIN 'TUPPY' BENNETT AND THE TRAINER GEORGE BLACKWELLWhyte's · €175,000≈ $212,240≈ £159,627Sign up to see
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Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen was an Irish artist who mainly worked in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian society, though many of his most striking paintings are self-portraits.

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Born 1878, StillorganDied 1931, LondonOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q922483 ↗ULAN 500012943 ↗Museum works 9

Also known as Orpen, orpen w., orpen william sir, Sir Orpen, sir w. orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, sir william orpen, sir wm orpen and 4 other name forms

Works in museum collections

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William Orpen, Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs
Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs1914 · oil on canvas
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William Orpen, Marshal Foch, OM
Marshal Foch, OM1918
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William Orpen, Brigadier General the Right Honourable John Edward Bernard Seely (1868–1947), CB, DSO, MP
Brigadier General the Right Honourable John Edward Bernard Seely (1868–1947), CB, DSO, MP1918
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William Orpen, Brigadier General William Thomas Francis Horwood (1868–1943), DSO, Late Provost-Marshal, General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force
Brigadier General William Thomas Francis Horwood (1868–1943), DSO, Late Provost-Marshal, General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force1918
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William Orpen, In Their Cellar in Amiens: Captain R. Maude, Department of the Army, Provost Marshal General, Awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Authorities, and Colonel Du Tiel, Commandant d'Armes, Amiens
In Their Cellar in Amiens: Captain R. Maude, Department of the Army, Provost Marshal General, Awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Authorities, and Colonel Du Tiel, Commandant d'Armes, Amiens1918
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William Orpen, Adam and Eve at Péronne
Adam and Eve at Péronne1918
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William Orpen, General Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, Second Army
General Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, Second Army1918
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William Orpen, Lieutenant Colonel A. N. Lee, DSO, OBE, TD, Censor in France of Paintings and Drawings by Artists at the Front
Lieutenant Colonel A. N. Lee, DSO, OBE, TD, Censor in France of Paintings and Drawings by Artists at the Front1919
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William Orpen, Harvest
Harvest1918
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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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