![William Orpen - Portrait of Gertrude Sanford [1922] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u5L_zGpIHrfG09JqbuokCnbPxhShXP8BY5Xvh8OPXdWeB5XDBTFBkc9iKkG9YcxU9Jg1-QpynRJlNFH8fbn7hwQSRtWCymLpCfhgJFgTcA6xurVfGl-CqRk7kY4SS-fzU=s0-d)
William Orpen (Stillorgan, November 27, 1878 - London, September 29, 1931) was an Irish portrait painter. He was involved in the Celtic revival in his native Ireland and took part in the attempt there to find a visual counterpart to the birth of new national literary language. Although his studio was in London, he spent time in Ireland painting, he was a friend of Hugh Lane and influenced the Irish realist painters, like Sean Keating, who were beginning their careers at that time.
[Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 76.2 cm]
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