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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).

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Sir William Orpen

by Sir William Orpen
pencil, circa 1898
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Augustus Edwin John

by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, exhibited 1900
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
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George Moore

by Sir William Orpen
pencil
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Group associated with the New English Art Club

by Sir William Orpen
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash
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George Charles Beresford

by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, 1903
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Augustine Birrell

by Sir William Orpen
chalk, 1909
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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
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Sir William Orpen

by Sir William Orpen
pencil and wash, 1910
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Sir William Orpen

by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, circa 1910
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