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 Mirror | A Breezy Day,Howth | The Chess Players | Poilu and Tommy | The Knackers Yard |
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SANGALLO, Giuliano da
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Hieronymus Francken
painted The Last Judgment in between 1605(1605) and 1610(1610)
Cornelis Massijs
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