Night No. 2 – William Orpen Art Print

Orpen painted Night twice. The first is a solitary figure at a window — still, spare, one person alone with the dark. This is the second version, and it tells a different story.

Two figures now, close together in a warm interior. One is seated, turned toward the window, the night pressing against the glass. The other stands behind. The convex mirror on the wall — a device Orpen returned to throughout his career, borrowed from Van Eyck — catches the room in miniature. Everything is contained, domestic, quietly charged.

Where Night is about solitude, Night No. 2 is about company — the particular feeling of being with someone in a room while the world outside goes dark. Orpen understood that difference and painted both.

Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), born in Stillorgan, Co Dublin, trained at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin and the Slade School in London, becoming one of the most successful portrait painters of his generation. His work hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Sizes & Format

• 40 × 50 cm / 16 × 20″
• Available framed (black, white, wood) or unframed

Print & Frame Details

Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Framed prints: solid oak or ash wood frame, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.

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Framed prints are packed with protective corners and wrap, boxed with reinforced edges, and braced with internal supports for extra rigidity (max 3 frames per package). Every order ships free, made to order and delivered from the hub closest to you: Ireland 3–7 business days · UK 4–8 · USA 5–10 · Canada 6–12 · Australia 7–14.