The Great Mine, La Boisselle
Explore Sir Orpen’s ‘The Great Mine, La Boisselle’ – a stunning Impressionistic landscape of coastal dunes & turbulent skies. Oil on canvas, 1917. A powerful piece of WWI art.
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen
Sir William Orpen was an Irish painter renowned for his striking portraits and poignant war art, capturing the realities of WWI with raw realism & psychological depth.