Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), Painter
Sitter in 25 portraits
Artist associated with 27 portraits
Irish-born artist; highly successful and fashionable portrait painter; a War Artist from 1917, painted scenes from the Western Front and in 1919 portraits of political and military leaders in Paris for the Versailles Peace Conference, including two large groups, A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay and The Signing of the Peace in the Hall of Mirrors (Imperial War Museum).
by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, exhibited 1900
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4252
Group associated with the New English Art Club
by Sir William Orpen
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash
NPG 6345
Sir Hugh Percy Lane; John Millington Synge; William Butler Yeats; Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory
by Sir William Orpen
pen and ink, 1907
NPG 4676
The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909
by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, 1909
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2556











