Orpen: The Mirror
Orpen: The Mirror
Orpen: The Mirror
Orpen: The Mirror
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William Orpen

The Mirror, 1900

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About the artwork
Orpen painted his fiancée of the time, Emily Scobel - a model from the Slade School of Art - in front of a concave mirror. He is reflected in the mirror which is a device borrowed from Van Eyck’s painting Arnolfini’s Marriage. This image is also clearly influenced by Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother with its shallow pictorial depth and how the objects are arranged in the room.
Abstract Art
  • Artist William Orpen
  • Artwork The Mirror
  • Image size 50.8 x 40.6 cm
  • Date of work 1900
  • Credit Oil paint on canvas 50.8 x 40.6 cm

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sir William Orpen (1878–1931) was an Irish draughtsman and painter. Born in Ireland and later coming to London to study at the Slade, Orpen was a friend of painter Augustus John and a member of The New English Arts Club. Appointed official war artist in 1917, he donated 136 paintings to the government but struggled with the broader implications of war. His health and social standing suffered as a result. He later became very wealthy painting portraits of the rich and famous, but his reputation was sullied until well after his death until the 1980s, when he was eventually recognised as one of the finest portraitists of the 20th century.
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