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William Orpen

49 works

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Self-portrait of a man in a white suit with a black skullcap, holding brushes, against a yellow sky with nude figures behind

Self-Portrait

1913

Painting of a man in a dark hat holding up a dead white ptarmigan against a grey cloudy sky.

The Dead Ptarmigan (a Self-Portrait)

1909

Painting of a nude woman seated on a floral sofa, lifting one leg, in a sunlit room with a gold curtain and framed landscape.

Sunlight

1925

Dim archway opening to a distant city, with figures in shadow, a dog at left, and hanging white laundry.

The Knacker's Yard

1909

Watercolour of a shrouded dead soldier in a chalky trench under a blue sky with broken trees.

A Dead German in a Trench

1917

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a grey suit and bow tie, seated at a desk with papers and a pen.

David Lloyd George (1863-1945), 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, Prime Minister

1927

Oil portrait of a seated officer in khaki uniform with medal ribbons and a pilot badge, against a pale background.

Major J B McCudden, VC, DSO, MC, MM

1918

Painting of a soldier and civilians including women, children and an infant gathered by a wall in darkness during a bombing.

Bombing- Night Art.IWMART2994

1918

Painting of two women gleaning in a wire-fenced field beside a woman holding a child, with white crosses and a sunset sky.

Harvest, 1918 Art.IWMART4663

1918

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark suit and eyeglasses before pale draped curtains.

Woodrow Wilson

1919

Oil portrait of a mustached officer in khaki uniform and peaked cap, seated with hands resting on a cane.

Major-General Sir David Watson

1918

Oil portrait of a uniformed officer with red collar tabs, RFC wings and medal ribbons, against a brown background.

Major-General H.M. Trenchard, CB, DSO, RFC

1917

Painting of a shell-torn chalky battlefield with wire and wooden stakes under a blue sky with clouds, and a helmet in the for

German Wire, Thiepval Art.IWMART3006

1917

Painting of a canvas field hospital tent under a tree, with patients inside and figures and white tents in the background.

German Sick, Captured at Messines, in a Canadian Hospital Art.IWMART3043

1917

Pale chalky ground with a white cross, wildflowers and craters under a blue sky, flat horizon beyond.

A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boiselle, August 1917

1917

Painting of a kilted Highland soldier with a rifle standing beside wooden grave crosses in snow under a blue sky.

A Highlander Passing a Grave

1917

Painting of men in dark suits seated and standing before an ornate gilded mantelpiece with a white marble statue.

A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay

1919

Painting of a sunlit French town street with pastel houses, soldiers on horseback and civilians near an archway.

The Courtyard, Hotel Sauvage, Cassel, Nord Art.IWMART2992

1917

Seated woman with curly blonde hair in a grey cardigan and dark dress, hands clasped, against a loose grey abstract backgroun

The Refugee (a) Art.IWMART2964

1918

Ornate gilded hall with a Union Jack-draped coffin in the foreground and a dark archway leading to distant light.

To the Unknown British Soldier in France

1927

Painting of men in formal dress gathered at a long table in a gilded hall with tall arched windows.

The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919

1919

Painting of a cluttered studio with an unmade bed, fur rug, blank canvas and white enamel pot on a striped floor.

My Work Room, Cassel

1917

Painting of a waterlogged battlefield with craters, a broken tree, a ruined bunker and a fallen soldier under a dark sky.

Zonnebeke

1918

Painting of a woman in white dress resting by a window at night, with patterned curtains and a round mirror.

Night (no. 2)

1907

Seated woman in a green hat and white dress with lace, hand raised to her chin, against a muted background.

Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs

1914

Self-portrait of a man in bowler hat and tan overcoat holding a cane, framed by a gilt mirror with bottles and letters.

Self-Portrait

1910

Half-length portrait of a woman with short auburn hair in a red satin jacket and white lace blouse against a dark background.

Evelyn Marshall Field (Mrs. Marshall Field III)

1921

Oil portrait of a man with dark swept hair, head turned, wearing a dark jacket and bow tie against a brown background.

George Charles Beresford

1903

Oil portrait of a young man with slicked brown hair and blue eyes in a white open-collared shirt against a pale background.

Paul Mellon

1924

Dark tonal oil portrait of a man in a brown hat and dark coat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer against a brown ground

William Orpen

1910

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark overcoat and white collar, lit from the left against a pale curtain.

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

1919

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and white collar, seated before a loose blue and cream background.

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

1919

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