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Orpen Collection

Background imageOrpen Collection: Summer Time

Summer Time. Orpen, Sir William 1878-1931

Background imageOrpen Collection: Rossetti Studios (right) at 72 Flood Street, Chelsea, London

Rossetti Studios (right) at 72 Flood Street, Chelsea, London. Edward Holland built this block containing seven purpose-built artist studios, completed around 1896

Background imageOrpen Collection: Sir William Orpen RA, artist

Sir William Orpen RA, artist
Caricature of Sir William Orpen RA, artist, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Background imageOrpen Collection: Lady Hulton

Lady Hulton
A portrait painting of Lady Hulton, a young woman wearing a lime green dress under a brown fur wrap and a number of pearl necklaces

Background imageOrpen Collection: Kit

Kit
A portrait painting of Kit, a young girl with blushing cheeks, wearing a black hat and a large woollen coat with blue trims. Date: circa 1922

Background imageOrpen Collection: Kit

Kit
A portrait oil painting of a young girl named kit, wearing an oversized white cardigan and black hat, she is sat on some rocks outside. She is one of the artist's daughters. Date: circa 1921

Background imageOrpen Collection: Mrs. Ruby Melvill

Mrs. Ruby Melvill
A portrait oil painting of Mrs. Ruby Melville, a young woman fashionably coiffured, wearing a green dress, with her hands placed on her hips, she is glancing to the left. Date: circa 1920

Background imageOrpen Collection: The Italian Major

The Italian Major
A portrait oil painting of Italian Major, Sir Filippo de Filippi, who regularly gave lectures on the sanitary conditions in the Italian Army

Background imageOrpen Collection: A British Airman

A British Airman
A portrait oil painting of a British military airman, identified as Lieut. Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge, a Canadian First World War flying ace, credited with 28 victories

Background imageOrpen Collection: Resting On The Rocks

Resting On The Rocks
A group portrait sketch of a man who is relaxed, laid on his back with spread limbs over a rock, with two women sat in the foreground in the countryside. Date: circa 1916

Background imageOrpen Collection: Kit

Kit
A portrait illustration showing a young girl named Kit, standing proudly with folded arms and wide set feet, wearing a dressing gown and striped pyjamas. Date: circa 1916

Background imageOrpen Collection: Sitting On The Rocks

Sitting On The Rocks
An illustration portraying a long haired girl, with her head looking down as she sits on some large rocks by the ocean, with a relaxed or negative demeanour. Date: circa 1916

Background imageOrpen Collection: On The Cliffs

On The Cliffs
A landscape painting which portrays a young girl wearing a hat with a pink bow ribbon, sitting casually on the cliffs by the sea, a lighthouse stands in the distance on the point. Date: circa 1915

Background imageOrpen Collection: Artists and architects during the reign of King George V

Artists and architects during the reign of King George V
Leading artists and architects during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Orpen, Lavery, Llewellyn, Lutyens, Brangwyn. Date: 1935

Background imageOrpen Collection: The Blue Hat - Mrs. J. M. Hone

The Blue Hat - Mrs. J. M. Hone
A portrait oil painting of Mrs. J. M. Hone, modelling in an angler's outfit, and a blue hat, with black feathers. Date: circa 1912

Background imageOrpen Collection: A Chinese Shawl

A Chinese Shawl
This oil painting portrays a woman, seated, wearing a Chinese shawl with her hands folded. A patterned fabric makes up the background. Date: circa 1923

Background imageOrpen Collection: Ruins, Combles

Ruins, Combles
This oil painting depicts the aftermath of the capture of Combles, an incident that took place in the Battle of Morval during the First World War in Picardy, France. Date: circa 1919

Background imageOrpen Collection: Sir William Orpen, R. A

Sir William Orpen, R. A
A self portrait oil painting of Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, R.A. British war artist, wearing a helmet and military coat. Date: circa 1919

Background imageOrpen Collection: Household Bde Passing to the Ypres Salient by Sir William O

Household Bde Passing to the Ypres Salient by Sir William Orpen Date: 2016

Background imageOrpen Collection: Sir William Orpen with painting of Anna Pavlova

Sir William Orpen with painting of Anna Pavlova
Sir William Orpen R.A. (1878 - 1931), pictured with his painting of Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1931. Date: 1931

Background imageOrpen Collection: Passenger pigeon or wild pigeon, Ectopistes

Passenger pigeon or wild pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius. Extinct. Handcoloured woodblock print by Benjamin Fawcett from Francis Orpen Morris History of British Birds, Bell Daldy, London, 1857

Background imageOrpen Collection: Great auk, Pinguinus impennis. Extinct

Great auk, Pinguinus impennis. Extinct. Handcoloured woodblock engraving by Benjamin Fawcett from Francis Orpen Morris Natural History of British Birds, London, 1850

Background imageOrpen Collection: St. John Harmsworth by Sir William Orpen

St. John Harmsworth by Sir William Orpen
William Albert St John Harmsworth (1876 1933) English businessman who bought and established the fledgling Perrier brand of sparkling mineral water in France

Background imageOrpen Collection: Gordon Selfridge by William Orpen

Gordon Selfridge by William Orpen
Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), Born in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA. Organized Selfridge & Co (1909) and developed it into one of the largest department stores in Europe. 1928

Background imageOrpen Collection: Resting

Resting (1905). Orpen, Sir William 1878-1931. The model used for Resting was one of Orpen?s favourites, a young washerwoman called Lottie Stafford who lived in a decrepit street called Paradise Walk

Background imageOrpen Collection: Rose, Marchioness of Headfort by Sir William Orpen

Rose, Marchioness of Headfort by Sir William Orpen
The Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective

Background imageOrpen Collection: Winston Churchill by Sir William Orpen, R. A

Winston Churchill by Sir William Orpen, R. A
Portrait of Winston Churchill by Sir William Orpen, R.A. Date: 1929

Background imageOrpen Collection: War artists caricatured by Hynes

War artists caricatured by Hynes
Knights of the Brush in their War Paint - three certainties and a doubtful one - for the lists at Burlington House. Four notable artists who made their mark as official war artists during the Great

Background imageOrpen Collection: Sir William Orpen at work on a portrait

Sir William Orpen at work on a portrait
Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (18781931) - Irish portrait painter and war artist, pictured at his easel at work on a portrait

Background imageOrpen Collection: The Refugee A

The Refugee A. Sir William Orpen, Ra, Rws, Rha, Ri, Neac, (1878-1931)

Background imageOrpen Collection: Major Sir William Newe Orpen - Irish artist

Major Sir William Newe Orpen - Irish artist
Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (18781931) - Irish portrait painter and war artist. Date: 1926

Background imageOrpen Collection: Francis Orpen Morris

Francis Orpen Morris
FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS Naturalist Date: 1810 - 1893

Background imageOrpen Collection: Male Figure Studies

Male Figure Studies. Orpen, Sir William 1878 - 1931

Background imageOrpen Collection: Major General Elles in France during WW1

Major General Elles in France during WW1
Major General Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles (1880-1945), British General and the first commander of the newly formed Tank Corps in the First World War

Background imageOrpen Collection: Sir William Orpen

Sir William Orpen
SIR WILLIAM NEWENHAM MONTAGUE ORPEN Irish artist, notably during World War One, when he painted the Peace Conference


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