Early Life and Artistic Journey Charles Edward Conder (1868 – 1909) was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer who left an indelible mark on the art world. Born in Tottenham, Middlesex, the second son of six children, of James Conder, civil engineer and Mary Ann Ayres, he spent several years as a young child in India until the death of his mother (aged 31 years) on 14 May 1873 in Bombay, when Charles was four; he was then…