Charles Isaac Ginner

Artist

Charles Isaac Ginner

Birth

March 4, 1878

Birthplace

Cannes,  France

Death

January 6, 1952

Place of Death

London,,  England

Gender

Male

Nationality

France

Movement

The Camden Town Group of Painters

Media

Painter

The son of Anglo-Scottish parents, he was born in Cannes. He worked in an architect’s office in Paris and then trained as a painter. Ginner knew Sickert and possibly at his suggestion came to London to live and work as a painter. He was soon absorbed into the circle of Gore, Gilman and Bevan. Sickert had commented that he was “The thickest painter in London, to which Ginner replied, “I shall paint as thick as I damn well please”. Ginner had learnt to use thick impasto and had a passion for the paintings of Van Gogh. Ginner’s two visits to Applehayes in 1912 and 1913 provided him with an opportunity to paint new subject matter. He helped Roger Fry in organising the first post-impressionist exhibition in London in 1910. During both world wars he was an official government artist. His sister Ruby founded a school of modern dancing based on classical Greek principles.