Charles Conder
(England, Australia 24 Oct 1868–09 Feb 1909)
- Title
- The sands, Newquay
- Place of origin
-
Cornwall →
England
- Year
- (1906)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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38.0 x 52.7cm stretcher; 62.5 x 78.4 x 12.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1986
- Accession number
- 92.1986
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
In August 1906, Charles Conder travelled to Newquay on the Cornish coast. He had spent the previous two months at Whitehall Sanatorium recovering from a stroke, and hoped that the sea air and rest would enable him to begin painting again.
Conder produced drawings and small oils of the beach and cliffs at Newquay. He wrote to his friend William Rothenstein, ‘there is a most lovely beach and one sees such charming sights of a kind of strange picturesque people who are always on the beach’. Amongst the last of Conder’s paintings, these works recall his happy years in Australia, where he painted the beaches at Coogee, Bronte and Sandringham.
- Bibliography (9)
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Tracy Cooper-Lavery (Australia) (Author), Wild colonials: Australian artists and the Newlyn and St Ives colonies, Bendigo, 2009, 48-49 (colour illus.). NOTE: general information relating to the artist and his work, particularly his work in Newquay, pg. 87-88.
'K' is for Conder: Charles Conder retrospective 2003, 2003, (illus.). not paginated
Ann Galbally (Australia) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), Charles Conder 1868-1909, Domain, 2003, 54, 135 (colour illus.), 194. cat.no. 62
Ann Galbally (Australia) (Author), Charles Conder: the last bohemian, Melbourne, 2002, 275. general reference to Newquay works
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 35 (illus.).
Dr Ursula Hoff (England; Australia, b.1909, d.2005) (Author), Charles Conder, Melbourne, 1972. C112; illus.no. 36
Sir John Rothenstein (England, b.1901, d.1992) (Author), The life and death of Conder, London, 1938, 228, 231-235. general reference to Newquay works
Frank Gibson (Author), Campbell Dodgson (England, b.1867, d.1948) (Author), Charles Conder: his life and work, London, 1914, 42. general reference to Newquay works
The Leicester Galleries (England), Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of the late Charles Conder, London, 1913, 13. possibly cat.no. 53, 'The Sands'.
- Exhibition history (4)
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Exhibition of the art of the late Charles Conder (1913), The Leicester Galleries, 01 Jan 1913–31 Jan 1913.
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Jun 2003–17 Aug 2003.
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 05 Sep 2003–09 Nov 2003.
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004), Art Gallery of South Australia, 21 Nov 2003–26 Jan 2004.
