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Synopsis
This book, which accompanies a retrospective exhibition at the Imperial War Museum London in January 2005, reappraises an artist who, at the time of his death in 1931, was probably the best-known painter in Britain. The book reveals the full variety of William Orpen's work from his highly accomplished portraits, his revitalization of the nude and the conversation piece, to his extraordinary allegories and war paintings. It analyzes the series of self-portraits, many mocking his own character with a mixture of humor and bitterness, that are a particular feature of his oeuvre. His experiences as an official war artist in France from 1917 to 1919 made him cynical of politicians. Although he painted brilliant portraits of these very men, and of generals and war heroes, he also produced some bitter allegories of war. The war years form the climax of both the book and the exhibition.
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About the Author
Robert Upstone, Curator of the exhibition, Roy Foster, University of Oxford, and David Fraser Jenkins, Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery, London..
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'...a highly illustrated monograph on the undeservedly sidelined portraitist...'Daily Telegraph, December 2005.
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- PublisherImperial War Museum
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1904897215
- ISBN 13 9781904897217
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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