Charles Conder b. 24 October 1868

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter Charles Conder is best known in Australia for his association with the Heidelberg School and his involvement with the famous 9 x 5 Impressions Exhibition of 1889. A bohemian, England-born Conder worked largely in Paris and London where he mixed with literary and artistic greats including the likes of Oscar Wilde, Audrey Beardsley and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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exhibited at
Charles Conder Memorial Exhibition
Date
January 1913
Place
Leicester Galleries, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
9 x 5 Exhibition of Impressions
Date
17 August 1889 - August 1889
Place
Buxton's Galleries, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

The 9 × 5 Exhibition of Impressions was the only public group exhibition held by Hidelberg artists. The exhibition consisted of 182 works by Charles Conder, R.E. Falls, Frederick McCubbin, C.Douglas Richardson, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton and were predominantly small paintings on cedar cigar-box lids many measuring 9 inches x 5 inches (22.9cm x 12.7cm). The cigar lids were obtained by Louis Abrahams from his father, an importer of cigars. Some of the works were framed in red-pine mouldings obtained by Tom Roberts.

Type
Exhibition

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  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (associate of)
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  • Davis, Edmund (associate of)
  • Bedford, Stella (spouse of)
Related people
  • Roberts, Tom (associate of)
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
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  • Dandenongs from Heidelberg (creator of)
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Related collections
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Charles Conder Memorial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • 9 x 5 Exhibition of Impressions (exhibited at)