A holiday at Mentone
1888 painting by Charles Conder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A holiday at Mentone is an 1888 painting by Charles Conder, a leading member of the Heidelberg School movement, also known as Australian impressionism. It depicts people engaged in seaside activities on a sunny day at Mentone Beach, in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone.
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Artist | Charles Conder |
Year | 1888 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 46.2 cm × 60.8 cm (18.2 in × 23.9 in) |
Location | Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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The painting is celebrated for capturing the heat and brilliant noonday sunshine that is characteristic of Australia. Noted also for its jokes and visual puns, A holiday at Mentone has been described as "a witty comment on the transformation of nature into artifice through fashion, decorum, and painting".[1]