William Orpen Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Orpen NPG x13652

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Howard Coster

Irish-born Orpen showed exceptional talent at a young age and went on to train at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks with Augustus John and Spencer Gore. He became one of the leading British war artists, capturing scenes from the Western Front and painting portraits of those serving there. He was knighted in 1918, the year he presented his war paintings to the British nation. He remained in France to create portraits of political and military leaders to mark the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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