Charles Conder; his life and work (1914) (14577274928)

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Title: Charles Conder; his life and work

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Gibson, Frank Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948

Subjects: Conder, Charles Edward, 1868-1909 Lithography Etching

Publisher: London : John Lane New York, John Lane company (etc., etc.)

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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afternoon, a perfect day, giving two oliveItalians, two francs for half-an-hours music on their mando-line and guitar; it was a veritable dreamland to look onthat blue sea and rose green hill land by Vesuvius, and haveFaitst divinely expressed to give the touch of sentiment tothe whole. I never somehow expect things to have muchromance, even in the most romantic surroundings, but thathad, strange to say. It was a chapter from Arcadia, forthe boy was beautiful, and had a lovely voice. It is a great misfortune that not more of Conders lettersare available, for his ideas on art and the philosophy of artwere deep and original; his criticisms on masters like ClaudeMonet and Puvis de Chavannes are worth recording, thoughhe was modest about airing his opinion, and only expressedhis views to intimate friends. After leaving Florence he travelled through to Paris,where, however, he did not stay long, only having the timeto visit the Louvre and other public galleries. Of the work30 .* ^-r- / /*

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y. T- HIS LIFE AND WORK there, he wrote his ideas fully in a letter to Mr. ArthurStreeton, which, with others, through a mishap, has unfor-tunately not been preserved. He reached London in August,and spent some three months in England with friends, partof the time at Gravesend with Mrs. Pryce, and the rest ofthe summer at Littlehampton, where he painted a fine studyof the beach at that place with many figure groups, the wholescene full of light and movement and cleverly composed. In the autumn of this year he went to Paris, the citywith its life and artists which had such a great and lastinginfluence on his art. On his arrival here he entered Juliensstudio, but worked rather intermittently, as he was alwaysimpatient of any School routine. In his letters to friends,he writes that he works half the day at the School, but thatmost of the time is spent in his studio painting from themodel, or studying at the Louvre. He seems at first tohave been impressed by the work of Dagnan Bouveret, w

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