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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.
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138504
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Souvenir of Seville
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drawing
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138504
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drawing
title
Souvenir of Seville
description
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.
date
1905
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80034416
creators
1533
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Fabric: 20.3 x 39.7 cm (8 x 15 5/8 in.)
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England, 20th century
accession
1962.398
Source extras
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watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk
tombstone
Souvenir of Seville, 1905. Charles Conder (British, 1868–1909). Watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk; fabric: 20.3 x 39.7 cm (8 x 15 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1962.398
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
Inscribed, at center, in red watercolor and shell gold: FOR MY DEAR / STELLA / MARIS / SOUVENIR / OF SEVILLE / APRIL 1905; signed at lower left, in gray watercolor: CONDER; at lower right, in red watercolor and shell gold: CONDER
didYouKnow
Charles Conder exhibited his first fan design in 1893 and created a significant number of similar works over the following 15 years.
citations
citation
Galbally, Ann. <em>Charles Conder: The Last Bohemian</em>. Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2002.
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Mentioned: p. 266
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 134-35, 144, no. 46; Reproduced: p. 135
creditline
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
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2026-05-29 07:05:51.567000
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138504
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Drawings
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DR - British
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watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk
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male
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