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 | Self-Portrait in the hills above Huddersfield | The Studio | Augustus John | The Valuers |
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John Blake White
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charles burney
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Cesare Mussini
painted Atala in 1835