William Orpen
(1878-1931)
Irish artist
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Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly 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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William Newenham Montague Orpen 27 November 1878 Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Died |
29 September 1931 (aged 52) London, England
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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