Charles Isaac Ginner was a British painter of landscape and urban subjects.
10 Facts About Charles Ginner
Charles Isaac Ginner was born on 4 March 1878 in Cannes, the second son of Isaac Benjamin Ginner, a British medical doctor.
Charles Ginner was educated in Cannes at the Institut Stanislas.
At an early age, Ginner formed the intention of becoming a painter, but his parents disapproved.
In 1905, Charles Ginner moved to the Ecole des Beaux Arts, but in 1906, after Gervais had left, he returned to Vitti's, where his principal teacher was Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, who disapproved of Charles Ginner's admiration for Vincent van Gogh.
In 1908, Charles Ginner left Vitti's and worked on his own in Paris, taking Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne for his guides.
In 1909, Charles Ginner visited Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he held his first one-person show, which helped to introduce post-Impressionism to South America.
In 1910, Charles Ginner went to London, to serve on the Hanging Committee of the Allied Artists Association's third exhibition.
Charles Ginner painted buildings in an urban context, as in his painting Plymouth Pier from The Hoe.
Charles Ginner's watercolours are unmistakable, with meticulous detailing of trees and buildings.