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Charles Conder
Charles Conder

Charles Conder

English, 1868-1909
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Charles Edward Conder was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer. He emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australian tradition in Western art.

Conder was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, the second son, of six children, of James Conder, civil engineer and Mary Ann Ayres. He spent several years as a young child in India until the death of his mother (aged 31 years) on 14 May 1873 in Bombay, when Charles was four; he was then sent back to England and attended a number of schools including a boarding school at Eastbourne, which he attended from 1877. He left school at 15, and his very religious, non-artistic father, against Charles's natural artistic inclinations, decided that he should follow in his footsteps as a civil engineer.

In 1884, at the age of 16, he was sent to Sydney, Australia, where he worked for his uncle, a land surveyor for the New South Wales government. However he disliked the work, much preferring to draw the landscape rather than survey it. In 1886, he left the job and became an artist for the "Illustrated Sydney News", where he was in the company of other artists such as Albert Henry Fullwood, Frank Mahony and Benjamin Edwin Minns. He also attended the painting classes of Alfred James Daplyn and had joined the Art Society of New South Wales.

In 1888, Conder moved to Melbourne where he met other Australian artists including Arthur Streeton, and shared a studio with Tom Roberts, whom he had previously met in Sydney. Short of cash, the attractive Conder apparently paid off his landlady by sexual means, catching syphilis in the process, which was to plague the later years of his life. During his two years in Melbourne, Conder worked with the other members of the school and produced a number of famous works, including Under The Southern Sun. This painting clearly shows the burning sunlight and desolation that can be inflicted by an Australian drought.

In 1890, he moved to Paris and studied at the Académie Julian, where he befriended several avant-garde artists.

In Sydney and later Melbourne Conder associated with G. P. Nerli, an itinerant Italian painter and the bearer of new European influences who has been credited with shaping Conder's development.

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Portrait of Max Beerbohm

Portrait of Max Beerbohm

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers

The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers (1891)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Still Life
Au pays des rêves ou Magnolias

Au pays des rêves ou Magnolias

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
Portrait of William Orpen (1878-1931), Artist

Portrait of William Orpen (1878-1931), Artist

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
La Guitariste

La Guitariste (1900)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Illustration
Souvenir of Seville

Souvenir of Seville (1905)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Illustration
A Toccata of Galuppi

A Toccata of Galuppi (1900)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
Fantasia

Fantasia

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
Fête Galante

Fête Galante (1896)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
Ladies in a garden

Ladies in a garden

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
Tea-time

Tea-time (1888)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
Australian landscape

Australian landscape (circa 1889-90)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Blossoms, Chantemesle

Blossoms, Chantemesle (1893)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
In the forest

In the forest (1897)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Marine Mer, bleue et falaise

Marine Mer, bleue et falaise (1893)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
On the Front, Brighton

On the Front, Brighton (1905)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Quayside at Algeciras, Spain

Quayside at Algeciras, Spain (1905)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Sand dunes, Ambleteuse

Sand dunes, Ambleteuse

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
The beach at Pourville

The beach at Pourville (1895)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
The Howe In Spring

The Howe In Spring

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
All on a summer’s day

All on a summer’s day (1888)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Figurative
A holiday at Mentone

A holiday at Mentone (1888)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Dandenongs from Heidelberg

Dandenongs from Heidelberg (circa 1889)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Departure of the Orient,Circular Quay

Departure of the Orient,Circular Quay (1888)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Going home (The Gray and Gold)

Going home (The Gray and Gold)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Herrick’s Blossoms

Herrick’s Blossoms

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Hot Wind

Hot Wind

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
How we lost poor Flossie

How we lost poor Flossie (1889)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
Impressionists’ camp

Impressionists’ camp

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
On the River Yarra, near Heidelberg, Victoria

On the River Yarra, near Heidelberg, Victoria (circa 1890)

Charles Conder (English, 1868-1909)
Landscape
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