Object Description
ROBERT O’RORKE
(Born 1945)
Orpheus
Signed and dated l.r.: Rbt O’Rorke ’93; signed, dated 1993 and inscribed The Dance No.3 on a label attached to the backboard
Watercolour on grey paper
Framed
33.5 by 47 cm., 13 ¼ by 18 ½ in.
(frame size 50 by 63.5 cm., 19 ¾ by 25 in.)
Provenance:
David & Rose Rowse Collection.
O’Rorke trained at the Byam Shaw School of Art, 1963-6, and the Royal College of Art, 1966-9. He exhibits widely in the UK and overseas including the Royal Academy, Whitechapel Art Gallery, New English Art Club and also at a number of one-man shows. Commissions have included two large oils of Rufford Abbey for the new Council Chamber in Nottingham. He was artist-in-residence at Garsington Opera in the 2006 season. He lives and works in London.