Oil paint on canvas
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Charles Conder
Presented by Georges A. Mevil-Blanche 1947
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<p>Jacques-Emile Blanche lived near Dieppe and was a friend of Degas, Manet and Renoir. However, he also made frequent visits to England, where he painted and exhibited and was well known in artistic and society circles. This is a portrait of the British painter Charles Conder (1868-1909), who was greatly interested in contemporary French art. Conder befriended Toulouse-Lautrec who helped him obtain an exhibition in Paris. Blanche first met Conder in Paris, but they became friends in 1895 when they both spent the summer in Dieppe. This portrait, which captures his flamboyant character, was painted in Conder's house in London.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
8 August 2001 – 21 April 2003
2003-04-21
8 August 2001 – 21 April 2003
2003-04-21
2001-08-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-08-08
French Influence on British Art
Collection based display
14 June 2003 – 9 November 2003
2003-11-09
14 June 2003 – 17 August 2003
2003-08-17
2003-06-14
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
6 September 2003 – 9 November 2003
2003-11-09
2003-09-06
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
2003-06-14
Charles Conder Retrospective
Loan-out
19 June 2006 – 4 December 2006
2006-12-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-06-19
The Swagger Portrait
Collection based display
7 April 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
7 April 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
2014-04-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-04-07
Forgotten Faces
Collection based display
4 March 2020 – 20 September 2020
2020-09-20
4 March 2020 – 20 September 2020
2020-09-20
2020-03-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-03-04
Aubrey Beardsley
Exhibition
Charles Conder
support: 1108 × 864 mm
frame: 1444 × 1193 × 76 mm
Presented by Georges A. Mevil-Blanche 1947
<p>Jacques-Emile Blanche lived near Dieppe  and was a friend of Degas, Manet and Renoir. However, he also made frequent visits to England, where he painted and exhibited and was well known in artistic and society circles. This is a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of the British painter Charles Conder (1868-1909), who was greatly interested in contemporary French art. Conder befriended Toulouse-Lautrec who helped him obtain an exhibition in Paris. Blanche first met Conder in Paris, but they became friends in 1895 when they both spent the summer in Dieppe. This portrait, which captures his flamboyant character, was painted in Conder's house in London. </p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>Jacques-Emile Blanche</b><span> 1861-1942 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blanche-charles-conder-n05754" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05754</span></a> </span><b>Charles Conder</b><span> 1904 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'J.E. Blanche 1904 | Ch. Conder' b.l.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 43 5/8 x 34(111 x 86.5)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Georges A. Mevil-Blanche 1947</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Georges A. Mevil-Blanche, Offranville (bequest from the artist)</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>Portraits d'Hommes</i><span>, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, December 1907-January 1908 (6); Salon de la Société Nationale, Paris, April-June 1908 (118); X Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia, Venice, April-October 1912 (Blanche 27); International Society, London, November 1925 (265); </span><i>Jacques-Emile Blanche: His Art and his Collection</i><span>, Leicester Galleries, London, May-June 1939 (87)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
Jacques-Emile Blanche, </span><i>Propos de Peintre: De David à Degas</i><span> (Paris 1927), pp.93-6; </span><i>Exhibition: The Memoirs of Oliver Brown</i><span> (London 1968), p.21</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
</span><i>Kunst für Alle</i><span>, XXIX, 1913, p.125; Jacques-Emile Blanche, </span><i>Portraits of a Lifetime</i><span> (London 1937), facing p.84 </span>
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<p><span>The painter Charles Conder (1868-1909). Blanche first met Conder long before in Paris, but they only became friends in 1895 when they were both spending the summer at Dieppe. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was painted in Conder's house in London, 91 Cheyne Walk. Blanche describes the sittings in </span><i>Propos de Peintre: De David à Degas</i><span> (Paris 1927), pp.93-6. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.57, reproduced p.57 </span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults artist, painter arts and entertainment chair Conder, Charles couch furnishings individuals: male legs crossed man named individuals objects people portraits sitting work and occupations