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CHARLES CONDER (1868—1909)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 849 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES CONDER (1868—1909)  ,
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English artist, son of a
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civil engineer, was born in
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London, and spent his early years in India . After an English
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education he went into the government service in
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Australia, but in 1890 determined to devote himself to
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art, and studied for several years in Paris, where in 1893 he became an associate of the Societe Nationale
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des Beaux-Arts . About 1895 his reputation as an
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original painter, particularly of Watteau-like designs for fans, spread among a limited circle of artists in London, mainly connected first with the New English Art Club, and later the International Society; and his unique and charming decorative style, in dainty pastoral scenes, gradually gave him a
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peculiar vogue among connoisseurs . Examples of his
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work were bought for the Luxembourg and other art galleries . Conder suffered much in later years from
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ill-
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health, and died on the 9th of
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February 1909 .

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HI THERE....DID CHARLES CONDER EVER LIVE IN BALLARAT / VICTORIA ? I'M TRYING TO TRACK-DOWN MY FAMILY TREE, & THE CONDERS ARE VERY EVIDENT IN BALLAARAT. THANKYOU IN ANTICIPATION.....julie smith
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