Count John McCormack – William Orpen Art Print

Count John McCormack (1923) – William Orpen

John McCormack was the most famous Irish voice in the world. Born in Athlone in 1884, he became the defining Irish tenor of his generation — selling out Carnegie Hall, recording for Victor, heard in homes across America, Australia, and Britain at a time when the Irish abroad had few cultural touchstones to hold onto. His voice was, by common agreement, extraordinary.

Orpen painted him in 1923, when McCormack was at the height of his fame. The portrait shows him seated and relaxed in casual whites, a music score in hand — not a ceremonial portrait, not a man performing his own importance. McCormack was made a Papal Count in 1928. The painting was purchased by the National Gallery of Ireland in 2009, where it now hangs in the national portrait collection.

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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