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Sir William Orpen 1917
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Author : Alfred Yockney
language : en
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Release Date : 2014
Sir William Orpen 1917 written by Alfred Yockney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Description: After much confusion from the various interested parties, including Masterman, Buchan, various military representatives both in London and at the Front, and Beaverbrook at the Canadian War Memorials Committee, Orpen finally left for France in early April 1917 on a Wellington House commission. Although the main purpose was "big permanent paintings of value", Masterman was keen that Orpen should send back sketches that could be reproduced immediately "in order that we might show that his work is being used for national purposes", particularly to justify Orpen's presence there when other artists were "madly jealous". Letters from Orpen repeatedly stated how much he was enjoying the experience: "I have never been so interested in my life". There was also some confusion over terms and commitments, including an earlier commitment on Orpen's part to carry out work for the Canadian War Memorials Committee, and the issue of whether he should work on portraits or actual scenes of the war. The file includes a letter from Maurice Baring, at the Royal Flying Corps HQ, which coincidentally mentions a new edition of his 'A Year in Russia' which Orpen has previously read and which "has proved in some way prophetic". Some of the letters include small sketches to help identify drawings being sent back: German Prisoners Captured at Messines; The End of a Hero and a Tank at Courcelette; The Warwickshires Entering Peronne, March 1917 (IWM:ART 2986); Men in the Trenches near Hendicourt (IWM: ART 3041) (37) Men Resting, Bapaume Road (IWM:ART 2375); A Man Thinking (IWM:ART 2987); General Birdwood returning to his Headquarters (IWM:ART 3028); Entrance to a Dug-out, Beaumont-Hamel (IWM:ART 3029). The file records that the National War Museum had requested the originals of any works produced during Orpen's commission. By October 1917 Orpen was able to write that he had produced "some 30 odd canvases, and 80 or 90 drawings", which he offered to present to the nation, on condition that he could remain in France working for the British Government. "I know the work is bad but it is of certain interest in so much as the subjects never can or will be done again". The files also refer to his two portraits of "leading flying boys", Rhys Davids (IWM:ART 3004) and R T C Hoidge (IWM:ART 2996). In October 1917 Orpen was taken ill with "red blood poisoning." A letter refers to works recently sent over: IWM:ART 2984, 3024, 2990 and 3018.
An Onlooker In France 1917 1919
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Author : William Sir Orpen
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-31
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An Onlooker In France 1917 1919 By Sir William Orpen
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Author : sir Orpen
language : en
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Release Date : 1921
An Onlooker In France 1917 1919 By Sir William Orpen written by sir Orpen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with categories.
An Onlooker In France 1917 1919
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Author : William Orpen
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-07-11
An Onlooker In France 1917 1919 written by William Orpen and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-11 with categories.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 is a WW1 memoir that must not be considered as a serious work on life in France behind the lines, it is merely an attempt to record some certain little incidents that occurred in my own life there. The only thought I wish to convey is my sincere thanks for the wonderful opportunity that was given me to look on and see the fighting man, and to learn to revere and worship him--that is the only serious thing. I wish to express my worship and reverence to that gallant company, and to convey to those who are left my most sincere thanks for all their marvellous kindness to me, a mere looker on. William Orpen
William Orpen An Outsider In France
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Author : Caroline Gallois
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-01-15
William Orpen An Outsider In France written by Caroline Gallois and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Music categories.
William Orpen (1878-1931) was in 1917 appointed as an official war artist in France. He not only saw the Great War as a call to paint serious subject-matter—enabling him to break away from the constraints of society portraiture in London—but also as an opportunity to write. Orpen was commissioned, along with artists such as Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer and Wyndham Lewis, to paint for the Department of Information. He was the only war artist to keep a written record of his wartime experience, published in 1921 as An Onlooker in France. In his Preface, Orpen rather too modestly states: “This book must not be considered as a serious work on life in France behind the lines, it is merely an attempt to record some certain little incidents that occurred in my own life there.” This art-historical study is a companion to this “attempt”. It examines, within the context of the global crisis that WWI was, and from various theoretical, philosophical and literary angles, his singular and at times provocative work. Orpen set out to provide a textual and visual record of life on the Western Front, as well as behind the lines—of what was supposed to be the “War to End all Wars”. For want of being a “fighting man”, the non-combatant artist-writer determined to fight with his own arms, his pens and brushes.
Sir William Orpen 1918
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Author : Alfred Yockney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Sir William Orpen 1918 written by Alfred Yockney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Description: Correspondence continues from the previous year's file in relation to the two portraits of airmen, Rhys Davids and Hoidge, in particular requests for reproductions, and the question of whether Hoidge's name and details of his exploits could be mentioned. As Rhys Davids had been captain of Eton, the school requested a copy of the portrait, and Orpen agreed to produce a copy for Davids' family. (This had still not been carried out by August 1920 - see file /92, (165)). In a letter, Orpen states his intention to present all of his war commission work to the Imperial War Museum. However, there was subsequent confusion over whether Orpen was entitled to do so, as Masterman argued that the Ministry of Information had first choice over all of Orpen's output. Orpen returned to England for a time in April. Around this time, questions were raised over his paintings of 'The Spy', the identity of the subject and the circumstances of the story. Orpen's responses are somewhat evasive, and he describes the matter as "a ticklish business". In fact, the subject was his mistress, Yvonne Aubicq, and the pictures were later retitled 'The Refugee' (A) and (B). Plans were made for Orpen to go to Italy, but as events leading to the end of the war unfolded in France, it was agreed that he would stay there. He returned to France in July. The papers also relate to the Orpen exhibition at Agnew's, and the painting 'Some members of the Allied Press Camp' (IWM:ART 2971). Orpen was desperate to remain in France - "my native land"--And was willing to forego expenses, but there was some confusion on this subject. After the Armistice, arrangements were made for Orpen to paint the Versailles peace conference, which he was keen to do, although he also repeatedly urged Yockney to obtain the necessary permits for him to be able to document the entries into numerous liberated cities. The file also relates to numerous other portraits, including the First Chief Controller, QMAAC in France, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan CBE DSC (IWM:ART 3048).
An Onlooker In France 1917 1919
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language : en
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Release Date : 1924
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An Onlooker In France 1917 1919
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Author : William Orpen
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-08-10
An Onlooker In France 1917 1919 written by William Orpen and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-10 with categories.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by William Orpen The boat was crowded. Khaki, everywhere khaki; lifebelts, rain and storm, everything soaked. Destroyers, churning through the waves, played strange games all round us. Some old-time Tommies, taking everything for granted, smoked and laughed and told funny stories. Others had the look of dumb animals in pain, going to what they knew only too well. The new hands for France asked many questions, pretended to laugh, pretended not to care, but for the most part were in terror of the unknown. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
William Orpen
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Author : Robert Upstone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
William Orpen written by Robert Upstone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Art categories.
William Orpen
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Author : Robert Upstone
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Release Date : 2005-04-16
William Orpen written by Robert Upstone and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-16 with Art categories.
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.