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