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Charles Conder — Souvenir of Seville
Charles Conder

Souvenir of Seville

1905

As famous for his watercolors on silk as he was for his self-destructive lifestyle, Charles Conder belonged to a generation that the poet W. B. Yeats called "the last Romantics." His delicately tinted watercolors seem like fragments of a lost era, conjuring an imaginary world of beauty, leisure, and luxury. This painted fan was made on a trip to Spain that Conder took with his wife, Stella Maris, to witness the celebration and pageantry of Holy Week and Easter. Its bold color and dynamic composition memorialized a period of health and happiness spent in the Mediterranean.

Medium
watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk

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Charles Conder, Souvenir of Seville, 1905

As famous for his watercolors on silk as he was for his self-destructive lifestyle, Charles Conder belonged to a generation that the poet W. B. Yeats called "the last Romantics." His delicately tinted watercolors seem like fragments of a lost era, conjuring an imaginary world of beauty, leisure, and luxury. This painted fan was made on a trip to Spain that Conder took with his wife, Stella Maris, to witness the celebration and pageantry of Holy Week and Easter. Its bold color and dynamic composition memorialized a period of health and happiness spent in the Mediterranean.

Medium
watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk
Year
1905
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Watercolor, Works on Paper, Modern, Drawing, Unique Work

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