Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-opie-406" aria-label="More by John Opie" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Opie</a>
Master William Opie
Presented by Edward Opie 1894
body
boy
children
head / face
individuals: male
named individuals
Opie, William
people
portraits
<p>Opie produced numerous portraits of boys and young men. Other artists tended to respond to young sitters with playful or frivolous images. Opie’s pictures are distinctive for the feeling of dignity and independence they convey. William Opie was the artist’s nephew. This painting was presented to the Tate by Edward Opie, another nephew who became an artist himself.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
20 May 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
20 May 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
2019-05-20
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-05-20
John Opie
Collection based display
Master William Opie
support: 521 × 425 mm
Presented by Edward Opie 1894
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<p>Opie produced numerous portraits of boys and young men. Other artists tended to respond to young sitters with playful or frivolous images. Opie’s pictures are distinctive for the feeling of dignity and independence they convey. William Opie was the artist’s nephew. This painting was presented to the Tate by Edward Opie, another nephew who became an artist himself.</p>
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body boy children head / face individuals: male named individuals Opie, William people portraits