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Who painted “To the Unknown British Soldier in France”?
“To the Unknown British Soldier in France” was painted by William Orpen in 1927. Where to see it: Imperial War Museum London.
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Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who mainly worked in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian society, though many of his most striking paintings are self-portraits. Wikipedia
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More by William Orpen
- “The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28 June 1919”, 1919
- “A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay”, 1919
- “Dead Germans in a Trench”, 1918
- “Zonnebeke”, 1918
- “Major J B McCudden, VC, DSO, MC, MM”, 1918
- “Woodrow Wilson”, 1919
- “Lieut A. P. F. Rhys Davids, DSO, MC (1897–1917)”, 1917
- “Le Chef de l’Hôtel Chatham”, 1921