Sir
William
Newenham Montague
Orpen
KBE
Born in Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Unnamed Orpen, Richard Francis Caulfeild Orpen BA RHA, Charles St George Orpen MA, Grace Mary (Orpen) Jackson, Arthur Herbert Stack Orpen and Elizabeth Ida Rebecca Orpen
Husband of
Grace (Knewsteib) Orpen
— married
1901 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Orpen) Robson, Christine Grace Violet (Orpen) Nicoll, Vivien Antonia Bligh (St George) Graves and Diana E. (Orpen) Olivier
Died
at age 52
in London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2017
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Biography
Sir William Orpen was a famous artist who was a member of the Royal Academy.
Whilst at the Slade, he became engaged to Emily Scobel, a model and the subject of The Mirror. She ended their relationship in 1901, and Orpen married Grace Knewstub, the sister-in-law of Sir William Rothenstein.
Orpen and Knewstub had three daughters together, but the marriage was not a happy one.
By 1908, Orpen had begun a long-running affair with Mrs Evelyn Saint-George, a well-connected American millionairess based in London, with whom he also had a child.
Sources
- Family records
- https://www.youwho.ie/orpen.html
- Wikipedia
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8730779
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/orpen-season-at-the-gallery-1.451573
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