Title
The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers
1891
Artist





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Details
- Other Titles
- The hot sands, Mustapha
Flowers in a vase against a background of the coastline of Mustapha, Algiers - Date
- 1891
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 55.3 cm stretcher; 67.6 x 77.6 x 8.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., orange oil "Charles Conder/ .../ DEC. 1891-".
Signed and dated l.l. corner, blue (ink?) "Charles Conder/ .../ 91".- Credit
- Purchased with assistance from Katies 1982
- Location
- Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 1.1982
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Charles Conder
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Loan exhibition of works by Charles Conder (1868-1909) (1927), National Gallery, London, London, 01 Jul 1917–25 Sep 1927
Charles Conder 1868-1890 (1967), Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 01 Sep 1967–01 Oct 1967
Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 06 Dec 1997–22 Feb 1998
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland 20 Mar 1998–07 Jun 1998
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from Australian collections (2000), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 15 Jan 2000–27 Feb 2000
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 14 Jun 2003–17 Aug 2003
- Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne 05 Sep 2003–09 Nov 2003
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 21 Nov 2003–26 Jan 2004
Australian Symbolism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 May 2012–22 Jul 2012
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Bibliography
Referenced in 23 publications
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Penelope Curtin and Tansy Curtin, Blooms and brushstrokes: a floral history of Australian art, 'Flowers A-Z: Hydrangea', pg. 106-109, Mile End, 106-107 (colour illus.), 108, 194.
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 33 (illus.).
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Ann Galbally, Charles Conder: the last bohemian, 'Algeria 1891-1892', pg. 89-95, Melbourne, 2002, 92, following 174 (colour illus.).
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Ann Galbally, Charles Conder 1868-1909, 'Charles Conder: a fin-de-siècle enigma', pg. 43-54, Sydney, 2003, 45, 56 (colour illus., detail), 57, 114 (colour illus.), 115, 194. cat.no. 42
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Ann Galbally, Craft arts international, 'Charles Conder 1868-1909', pg. 81-83, Sydney, 2003, 82 (colour illus.).
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Frank Gibson and Campbell Dodgson, Charles Conder: his life and work, London, 1914, 34-35, 94.
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Sasha Grishin., The Canberra times, 'Spirit of brilliance', Ainslie, 22 Jun 2003, (illus.). Exhibition review.
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Janet Hawley, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'A dandy in Bohemia', pg. 25-26, Sydney, 31 May 2003, 26 (colour illus.). Article appeared in Good Weekend.
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Dr Ursula Hoff, Charles Conder, Melbourne, 1972, 57.
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Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 66. cat.no. 405
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John McDonald, Art of Australia. Vol 1: Exploration to Federation, 'Individual and national feeling', pg. 545-610, Sydney, 2008, 549, 553 (colour illus.), 554.
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Denise Mimmocchi, Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, ‘Dreams of the bohemian idyll: Charles Conder and his impact’, pg. 90-110, Sydney, 2012, 100, 103 (colour illus.).
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National Gallery, London, Loan exhibition of works by Charles Conder (1868-1909), Millbank, 1927, 17. cat.no. 102; titled 'The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers', Dec., 1891, oil, 17½ by 21 in., Lent by Mr. P. Horley Horder
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Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries, Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from public and private collections, Sydney, 2000. Catalogue entry appears in inserted list to printed catalogue
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Barry Pearce, Art and Australia, 'Recent Australian acquisitions with notes on Charles Conder's Algerian convalescence', pg. 57-62, Sydney, Spring 1984, 57-62, 61 (colour illus.).
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Ursula Prunster, Orientalism – Delacroix to Klee, 'From Empire's End: Australians as Orientalists, 1880-1920', pg. 41-53, Sydney, 1997-1998, 46 (colour illus.), 155 (colour illus.). fig.no. 22, cat.no. 93
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Public Programmes Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'K' is for Conder: Charles Conder retrospective, Sydney, 2003, (illus.). not paginated
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David Rodgers, Charles Conder 1868-1909, Sheffield, 1967, 6. cat.no. 16; titled 'Flowers in a Vase against a Background of the Coastline of Mustapha, Algiers', oil , 18¼ x 21¾, Let by Sir Martyn Beckett, Bt.
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Sir John Rothenstein, The life and death of Conder, London, 1938, 75, 78, 272.
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Jill Sykes, Look, 'How good was Conder? Academic detective finds gold on canvas and silk', pg. 38, Sydney, Jun 2003, 38 (colour illus.). titled 'The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers'
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Martin Terry, Art Monthly Australia, 'Moulin Rouge: Charles Conder at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 31-34, Canberra, Nov 2003, 34 (illus.).
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Vivienne Webb, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Golden age', pg. 37-38, Sydney, 2000, 38, 55 (colour illus.), 300.
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Manchester Guardian, Manchester, 03 Feb 1883. Review by J.B. of the 1927 Tate exhibition in which the work 'The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers 1891' was shown.
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