CHARLES

See also:

• CHARLES CONDER (1868—1909)

CONDER (1868—1909)  , English artist, son of a civil engineer, was born in London, and spent his early years in India . After an English education he went into the government service in Australia, but in 1890 determined to devote himself to art, and studied for several years in Paris, where in 1893 he became an associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts . About 1895 his reputation as an 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 peculiar vogue among connoisseurs . Examples of his work were bought for the Luxembourg and other art galleries . Conder suffered much in later years from ill-health, and died on the 9th of February 1909 .