Charles Conder
(England, Australia 24 Oct 1868–09 Feb 1909)
An Impressionist (Tom Roberts)
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
This lively and evocative portrait of Roberts by his friend Charles Conder is a rare work produced during the artist's brief Australian years (1884–90). Roberts is depicted in a relaxed and characteristic pose, on a modernist scale. The playful zig-zagged background – based on a surveyor's chain, referring to the young artist's early employment in Sydney – prefigures Conder's decorative style, characteristic of his later European work, as well as echoing the cover of the 9 by 5 exhibition catalogue which he designed.
- Place of origin
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Australia
- Year
- (circa 1889)
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on cedar panel
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 23.4cm board; 50.5 x 35.0 x 4.5cm frame
:
0 - Whole; 28 x 14.7cm; SIGHT DIMENSION - Signature & date
- Signed u.r., blue oil "... C/ -hAR/ -LES/ CONDER". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1997
- Accession number
- 63.1997
