Anatomical drawings
Sir William Orpen, c. 1906
OrpenÂ’s twenty large anatomical drawings are superb pieces of draughtsmanship, in addition to their interest as rare examples of teaching material. They were used by Orpen to teach his students anatomy, pinned up on the blackboard. In them Orpen depicts the bodyÂ’s structure of bone, the muscles which stretch over them and the way that limbs move. He was a highly regarded portrait painter in his lifetime but with the advent of modernism, the avant-garde eclipsed him in subsequent accounts of British art.
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Title of artwork, date
Anatomical drawings, c. 1906
Date supported
2011
Medium and material
Coloured chalk on black paper
Dimensions
Various
Grant
70000
Total cost
160000
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