Souvenir of Seville
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1905
Souvenir of Seville — Drawing, by Charles Conder (British, 1868–1909), made in England, 20th century, dated 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.
Physical description: watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk; Fabric: 20.3 x 39.7 cm (8 x 15 5/8 in.).
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Historical context
Held by Cleveland Museum of Art (object no. 1962.398). The museum record attributes this piece to Charles Conder (British, 1868–1909) in England, 20th century around 1905. Details beyond the museum's own catalogue entry have not been independently verified.
Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Fabric: 20.3 x 39.7 cm (8 x 15 5/8 in.)
- Materials techniques
- watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk
Identification
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- All details come from the object's own museum catalogue record; nothing has been copied from other entries.
- Museum object name
- Drawing
- Museum object number
- 1962.398
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