William Orpen

Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA (1878 - 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly 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.

Periods: Post-Impressionism