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William Orpen

1878 - 1931

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Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who mainly worked in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian society, though many of his most striking paintings are self-portraits. During World War I, he was the most prolific of the official war artists sent by Britain to the Western Front. There he produced drawings and paintings of ordinary soldiers, dead men, and German prisoners of war, as well as portraits of generals and politicians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Orpen is the 1,651st most popular painter (down from 1,468th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 158th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Orpen ranks 1,651 out of 2,023. Before him are Childe Hassam, Simon Bening, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Gwen John, Artur Grottger, and Julian Fałat. After him are Paul Kane, Illarion Pryanishnikov, Hashimoto Gahō, John McCrae, Luis Royo, and Antonio Berni.

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Among people born in 1878, William Orpen ranks 185. Before him are Constance Collier, Peyo Yavorov, Giuseppe Adami, Rudolf Walden, Viktor Nogin, and Jean Becquerel. After him are Albert Nasse, Holger Thiele, Edwin Mills, Ladislav Klíma, Leopold Staff, and Dorothea Bate. Among people deceased in 1931, William Orpen ranks 113. Before him are Ida B. Wells, Herbert Baddeley, Vladimir Triandafillov, Alice Pike Barney, Emiliano Figueroa, and Konrad Stäheli. After him are Sukhdev Thapar, Richard Wettstein, Albert Capellani, Eugen Schmidt, Emilio Aceval, and David Belasco.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Orpen ranks 205 out of 549. Before him are Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Colm Tóibín (1955), Stephen Roche (1959), John Ellis (1710), and Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833). After him are Paul Kane (1810), Richard Steele (1672), Richard Todd (1919), Brendan Behan (1923), Mary Proctor (1862), and Shelley McNamara (1952).

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Among PAINTERS In Ireland

Among painters born in Ireland, William Orpen ranks 2. Before him are Francis Bacon (1909). After him are Paul Kane (1810), Harry Clarke (1889), and Lily Williams (1874).

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