Charles Fremont Conner was an American artist who was one of the most important painters in the Richmond Group in Richmond, Indiana.
Conner is considered as one of the most talented early Richmond artists. He was self-taught and began his career as an industrial painter for the Hoosier Drill Company where he painted decorations and small landscape scenes on farm machinery.
Along with artists Frank J. Girardin, Micajah Thomas Nordyke, and his brother Albert Clinton Conner, Charles helped found the Rambler’s Sketch Club; John Elwood Bundy soon joined their group. The Rambler’s Sketch Club later metamorphosed into the Richmond Art Association, which subsequently became the Richmond Art Museum.
Conner became a close friend to painter John Elwood Bundy and exhibited his works alongside the Richmond Group artists. He was a plein-air painter and often spent long periods of time living in a tent and painting outdoors. In 1887, he moved to California with his brother Albert, also a painter. He spent the next eight years painting the Pacific Coast before he would return to Richmond. It was during this time that his painting improved immensely.
Conner is considered as one of the most talented early Richmond artists. He was self-taught and began his career as an industrial painter for the Hoosier Drill Company where he painted decorations and small landscape scenes on farm machinery.
Along with artists Frank J. Girardin, Micajah Thomas Nordyke, and his brother Albert Clinton Conner, Charles helped found the Rambler’s Sketch Club; John Elwood Bundy soon joined their group. The Rambler’s Sketch Club later metamorphosed into the Richmond Art Association, which subsequently became the Richmond Art Museum.
Conner became a close friend to painter John Elwood Bundy and exhibited his works alongside the Richmond Group artists. He was a plein-air painter and often spent long periods of time living in a tent and painting outdoors. In 1887, he moved to California with his brother Albert, also a painter. He spent the next eight years painting the Pacific Coast before he would return to Richmond. It was during this time that his painting improved immensely.
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