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| Product: |
CONDER, Charles
ORCHARD BOX HILL |
| Code: |
PE C19 - Giclee Print |
| Description: |
Charles Conder was born in London in 1868 and as a child spent time in
India. Following the death of his mother in 1873 he returned to England
where he completed his schooling.
Charles Conder arrived in
Australia in 1884, began art classes at the Royal Art Society in
Sydney and met Tom Roberts and Giralamo Nerli. By 1888 he had moved to
Melbourne and joined the Box Hill Camp with the Heidelberg School
artists Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin and
attended evening classes at the National Gallery School under McCubbin.
Together the group spent 2 memorable and enjoyable summers painting at
their camp at Eaglemont, near Heidelberg, Victoria.
In 1890 he
returned to Europe where he set up his Paris studio, becoming a part of
the bohemian art world. In December 1891 he travelled to Mustapha near
Algeries to recuperate from illness in a friend's garden villa
overlooking the sea.
He was inspired to paint the gardens and
views of Mustapha overlooking terraces and the Bay of Algiers. His
Algerian pictures inaugurated a new sensitivity to symbolist colour and
mood in his art. Later, Conder would suggest harem themes in some of
his imagery and titles of his decorative paintings on silk panels.
His style was delicate, witty and nostalgic, often combining these attributes with evocations of warm summer light. |
| Artist: |
CONDER, Charles |
| Paper Size: |
62.5 x 88.0 cm |
| Image Size: |
53.3 x 80.0 cm |
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