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Sir William Orpen KBE, RA, RHA (1878 - 1931)

Biography

Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) 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:

Ireland

Nationality:

Irish

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