CONDER, CHARLES (1868-1909), English artist, son of a civil engineer, was born in London, and spent his early years in India. After an English education he went into the govern ment service in Australia, but in 1890 determined to devote him self to art, and studied for several years in Paris, where in 1893 he became an associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. About 1895 his reputation as an original painter, particularly of Watteau-like designs for fans, spread among a limited circle of artists in London, mainly connected first with the New English Art Club, and later the International Society; and his unique and charming decorative style, in dainty pastoral scenes, gradu ally gave him a certain vogue. He died on Feb. 9, 1909.
a town in the department of Calvados, France, at the union of the Noireau and Drouance, 33 m. S.S.W. of Caen by rail. Pop. 4,437- Throughout the middle ages Conde (Condatum, Condetum) was the seat of an important castellany, which was held by a long succession of powerful nobles and kings. The place was held by the English from 1417 to 1449. Of the castle some ruins of the keep survive. The church of St. Martin has a choir of the I2th and 15th cen turies, and a stained-glass window (15th century) representing the Crucifixion. The town is the seat of a tribunal of commerce, a board of trade-arbitrators and a chamber of arts and manufac tures. It is important for its cotton-spinning and weaving, and for its fairs. It should not be confused with Conde sur l'Escaut, from which the princes of Conde (q.v.) took their title.