Irish 1878-1931 Sir William Orpen Location Irish painter. He attended the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin (1891-7), and the Slade School of Art, London (1897-9), there winning the composition prize of 1899 with The Play Scene from Hamlet (Houghton Hall, Norfolk). He became a friend of Augustus John and joined the New English Art Club. From very early years he had been an impassioned student of the Old Masters, and he went to Paris with John in 1899 to see Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa (Paris, Louvre). In the following years his perception of their works   Related Paintings of Sir William Orpen :. | The Vere Foster Family | Soldiers Resting at the Front | Lieut A.P.F.Rhys Davids,DSO.MC | The Courtyard,Hotel Sauvage,Cassel,Nord | The Mirror |
Related Artists:
Gerard ter Borch the Younger
painted Mother Combing the Hair of Her Child. in 1652
Jindrich Prucha
painted Village Green in 1910 - 1911
Luke Fildes
1844-1927 English painter and illustrator. He first studied art at the Mechanics Institute in Liverpool and at the nearby Warrington School of Art. In 1863 he won a scholarship that enabled him to study at the South Kensington Art School in London and subsequently at the Royal Academy Schools.