Oil on canvas
Signed “Conder ’98” lower left
Inscribed “Chantemesle” lower right
54.0 x63.0 cm
London-born Conder arrived in Sydney in 1884, where
he enrolled in night classes at the Royal Art Society (RAS) in Sydney.
His teacher at the Society was A.J.Daplyn (1844 –1926), who was
a pioneer of plein air painting in Australia. Born in London, Daplyn
had studied in Paris, painted landscapes at Pont-Aven, and exhibited
in the Old Salon before migrating to Australia in 1881. Four years later,
Daplyn became the first instructor at the newly established Royal Art
Society in Sydney.
Bernard Smith contends that this fact was not without significance, with such
an influence being manifested in the “low tones” of Conder’s
works of this period, and indicative of “the evocative hours” of
the day.
Conder returned to Europe in 1890 after having been part of the Heidelberg
School of impressionist painters in Melbourne for the previous three years.
Initially he lived in Paris, then in London, where he remained until his death
in 1909.
Exhibited
Sheffield City Art Galleries, September 1967
Represented
National Gallery of Australia
All Australian State galleries and many regional and institutional collections
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume,Paris
References
McCulloch, Susan 1994,The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin,
St Leonards, pp.174,175.
Smith, Bernard 1971, Australian Painting: 1788 –1970, Oxford University
Press, Melbourne, pp.67,68.
