Title - In Dublin Bay: Portrait of the Artist’s Wife

Artist - Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen

William Orpen painted The Artist’s Wife during his summers at Howth Head, a dramatic headland near Dublin where he found inspiration in the light, landscape, and sea air. The painting captures his wife, Grace, poised against the wind-swept cliffs—a moment of stillness within nature’s movement. Created in 1909, during a time of cultural revival in Ireland, the work blends Impressionist influence with classical portraiture, reflecting Orpen’s key role in shaping modern Irish art.