Charles Conder Papers, 1900-1913

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Summary

Creators:
Conder, Charles Edward, 1868-1909
Abstract:
Charles Conder (1868-1909) was born in London. He studied painting in Sydney, Melbourne and Paris. He specialized in portrait and landscape painting. The collection consists of letters to Conder and to his wife from English and French personnages of the art world illustrating tastes and aesthetic values of their social class during the early 20th century when art nouveau was in vogue.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of letters to Conder and to his wife from English and French personnages of the art world. Correspondents include: More Adey, Douglas Ainslie, Charles Ricketts, Charles Shannon, and Walter Sickert. Letters illustrate tastes and aesthetic values of their social class during the early 20th century when art nouveau was in vogue. Also in the collection are several letters about the Conders which were written after their death. One of these letters, addressed to Sir Hugh P. Lane, director, National Gallery of Dublin, gives a biographic sketch of Conder.

Note from the library of William Rothenstein:

A collection, dating ca. 1900-1913, of letters to Charles Conder, a minor English painter, and to his wife from English and French personages of the art world: painters, critics, collectors, gallery proprietors, and art patrons. These interesting letters afford a good impression of the tastes and aesthetic values of a particular social class during the first decade of the 20th. century when Art Nouveau was in vogue.

Also in the collection are several letters regarding the Conders, written after the death of both husband and wife. One of these, addressed to Sir Hugh P. Lane, Director, National Gallery of Dublin, gives a quite lenghty biographic sketch of Charles Conder.

The collection numbers 191 manuscripts and 2 pieces ephemera. A list of correspondents follows.

Biographical / historical:

Conder was born in London on October 24, 1868; spent early childhood in India; went to Australia in 1885 and studied painting in Sydney and Melbourne; continued studies in Paris in 1890 at Académie Julian and the Louvre; exhibited with William Rothenstein in Paris, and at the New English Art Club (NEAC) and Carfax Gallery in London; specialized in portrait and landscape painting; settled in London in 1897; declining health forced him to give up painting in 1906; died at Virginia Water on April 9, 1909.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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