Self-Portrait
- Depicted
- Sir William Orpen, Irish, 1878–1931
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- (not assigned)
- Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 207
- Dimensions
- 48 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. (122.9 x 89.9 cm)
framed: 58 3/8 x 45 1/4 in. (148.3 x 114.9 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 135:1915
NOTES
William Orpen produced a number of witty self-portraits, most of which depicted him in his role as artist. Here, he stands with brushes in hand, posing with furrowed brow before a large allegorical canvas he produced the same year, Sowing New Seed (Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Australia), which is a political observation on the state of the arts in Ireland. William Orpen worked as both an official World War I artist and a fashionable portrait painter in England and Ireland, portraying wealthy and prestigious sitters in a highly polished, traditional manner.
Provenance
- 1915
The American Federation of Arts, Washington, D.C.
1915 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from The American Federation of Arts [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated June 25, 1915 from The American Federation of Arts [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 11, 1915.
The American Federation of Arts, Washington, D.C.
1915 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from The American Federation of Arts [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated June 25, 1915 from The American Federation of Arts [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 11, 1915.
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