A Life Forged in Shadow: The Story of C. Pye (After Charles Rodius) The name C. Pye is a whisper across the annals of Australian art history, inextricably linked to the more substantial figure of Charles Rodius – or rather, the life *after* Charles Rodius. This connection speaks volumes about the complexities of identity, artistic legacy, and the often-brutal realities faced by transported convicts in the 19th century. Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1802, Rodius’s early life remains shrouded in some mystery, but it is known he received training in France before a fateful turn led him to Englan…