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Sir William Orpen
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The Cafe Royal (mk06)
Painting ID:: 21136
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Sir William Orpen
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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 |
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The Cafe Royal (mk06) |
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London 1912
4' 6 1/4'' x 3' 8 3/4''(137.5 x 113.5 cm)Gift of Edmund Davis,1915 Rf 1977-278 |
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