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The aim of this blog is to give you an insight into the life and times of Stillorgan born artist Sir William Orpen. My research began nearly five years ago, when, just like Orpen I had a dream that Dublin would one day see fit to honor this fascinating Irish Artist. An exhibition of some 25 reproductions of Orpen’s works went on permanent display in Stillorgan Village Shopping Center in 2013 in the newly named Orpen Mall (1st floor). At the launch of that exhibition, the plans to erect a sculpture of Orpen were revealed. The Sculpture is now complete and was unveiled by Ronnie Wood of The Rolling stones at The Talbot hotel Stillorgan.
Costume studies 1 & 2 for ‘The Carnevale’ attributed to William Orpen (1927).
Costume studies 1 & 2 for 'The Carnevale' attributed to [...]
The Poet by William Orpen (with Sean Keating).
'The Poet' by William Orpen, including some studies. The [...]
‘At the Bar’ by William Orpen (c1907-1908).
'At the Bar' by William Orpen (circa 1907 - 1908). [...]
‘The Model’ by William Orpen (1911) with Alfred Rich.
'The Model' by William Orpen (1911) with friend and fellow [...]
Study of a Satyr by William Orpen
Study of a Satyr by William Orpen 9 x 7 [...]
The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain (1869 – 1940) by Sir William Orpen 1929.
The Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) by Sir [...]
‘The Happy Hypocrite’ – Lord George Hell by Sir William Orpen (1901) at Whyte’s Auction
For sale at Whyte's Auction, Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin [...]
‘The Revolutionary’ by William Orpen.
From The Crawford Art Gallery Cork: - WORK OF THE [...]
‘Bright Morning by the Sea’ by William Orpen (Howth, Co. Dublin 1910).
'Bright Morning by the Sea' (Howth, Co. Dublin 1910) by [...]
3 Orpen’s at Sotheby’s London Auction 5th Feb 2018
Sotheby's London Auction 5th Feb 2018 at 10.30 am. A [...]
John Letts or his 1st cousin Egerton Letts?
The recent sale of a William Orpen painting (circa 1916) of [...]
‘A Memory of the Somme’ Poem by Sir William Orpen.
The Somme - A Clear Day by Sir William [...]