Arts Everyday Living: The Art of the Window—A View of the Woods By Joan Hart on June 11, 2018 in Art Happenings Sir William Orpen, The Window Seat, c. 1901, oil, Location Unknown Irish artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) was a versatile painter, a master of portraits as well as genre scenes of everyday life like the one shown above. art appreciation, Irish art, windows in art