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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Record prices
After The BalldeVeres · €310,000≈ $349,029≈ £260,976Sign up to see
- 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
- GLADYS COOPERWhyte's · €175,000≈ $192,115≈ £124,250Sign up to see
William Orpen’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
4 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 26 | 24 | 92% | $61.4kSign up | $31.9kSign up | $349kSign up |
| Oil | 25 | 23 | 92% | $63.8kSign up | $34.8kSign up | $349kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.1kSign up | $5.1kSign up | $5.1kSign up |
| Works on paper | 181 | 130 | 72% | $3kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $35.2kSign up |
| Watercolor | 20 | 15 | 75% | $7.4kSign up | $3.4kSign up | $35.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 160 | 114 | 71% | $2.4kSign up | $2kSign up | $13.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 31 | 25 | 81% | $898Sign up | $754Sign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Etching | 5 | 5 | 100% | $676Sign up | $648Sign up | $1.2kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Print (other) | 23 | 18 | 78% | $885Sign up | $777Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Photography | 19 | 18 | 95% | $555Sign up | $276Sign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Photograph | 19 | 18 | 95% | $555Sign up | $276Sign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Other | 18 | 7 | 39% | $5.2kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $22.8kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 7 | $815Sign up |
| 2025 | 34 | 26 | $931Sign up |
| 2024 | 15 | 11 | $977Sign up |
| 2023 | 33 | 23 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2022 | 23 | 20 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | $793Sign up |
| 2017 | 13 | 9 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2014 | 9 | 7 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | $5.4kSign up |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | $36.4kSign up |
| 2008 | 11 | 9 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2007 | 33 | 17 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | $2.9kSign up |
| 2005 | 10 | 4 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | $3.5kSign up |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | —Sign up |