Charles Haslewood Shannon

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Charles Haslewood Shannon
Charles Hazlewood Shannon - self-portrait.jpg
Self-portrait, 1897
Born26 April 1863
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Died18 March 1937 (1937-03-19) (aged 73)
Kew, London, England
Resting placeSt Botolph's Church, Quarrington[1]
EducationLambeth School of Art

Charles Haslewood Shannon RA[2] (26 April 1863 – 18 March 1937) was an English artist.[3] He became best known for his portraits, which can be found in several major European collections, including the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Biography[]

Shannon was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of the Rev. Frederick William Shannon, Rector of Quarrington, and Catherine Emma Manthorp, the daughter of a surgeon, Daniel Levett Manthorp.[1] Shannon was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead where he played cricket in the first XI.[3][4] He later attended the City and Guilds of London Art School (then known as South London School of Technical Art, formerly Lambeth School of Art) and was subsequently much influenced by his lifetime partner, Charles Ricketts[5] and by the example of the great Venetians. In his early work he was addicted to a heavy, low tone, which he abandoned subsequently for clearer and more transparent colour. He achieved much success with his portraits and his Giorgionesque figure compositions, which are marked by a classic sense of style, and with his etchings and lithographic designs.[6]

Charles Haslewood Shannon; Charles de Sousy Ricketts by George Charles Beresford

The Dublin Municipal Gallery owns his circular composition The Bunch of Grapes and The Lady with the Green Fan (portrait of Mrs Hacon). Another of his subjects was the popular novelist Mary Frances Dowdall. His Study in Grey is at the Munich Gallery, a Portrait of Mr Staats Forbes at Bremen, and Souvenir of Van Dyck at Melbourne. One of his most remarkable pictures is The Toilet of Venus in the collection of Lord Northcliffe. Several of his portrait works are on display in the National Portrait Gallery in London.[6]

Complete sets of his lithographs and etchings have been acquired by the British Museum and the Berlin and Dresden print rooms. He was awarded a first-class gold medal at Munich in 1895 and a first-class silver medal in Paris in 1900.[6] He was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.[7]

Personal life[]

Shannon and Ricketts first met as teenagers and were together for over fifty years until Rickets died, during which time they lived together in Chelsea and also worked together on many projects.[8] Together they designed and illustrated books, established an art journal and created the Vale Press which published over 75 books before it closed in 1904.[8] Shannon became disabled in 1928 after a fall while hanging a picture. The neurological damage that resulted caused amnesia and ended his career.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Darracott, Joseph. "Shannon, Charles Haslewood (1863–1937)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36038. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Royal Academy of Arts Collections - Home".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mr. Shannon R.A., Lithographer and Painter". The Times. 19 March 1937. p. 18.
  4. ^ St John's School, Leatherhead, School Register, 1852–1904. Published April 1904, p. 64.
  5. ^ Ray, Gordon Norton (1992), The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, Courier Dover Publications, p. 160, ISBN 0-486-26955-8.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Shannon, Charles Hazelwood" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 801.
  7. ^ "The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. Glasgow University. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Jessie Petheram. "Shannon and Rickets - A Creative Partnership". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ The Sir Edmund and Lady Davis Presentation: A Gift of British Art to South Africa, South African National Gallery, 1999

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