Charles Haslewood Shannon (GB 1863–1937) Algrafie 'Jongen en haan' ~1915

Charles Haslewood Shannon (GB 1863–1937)

Algrafie 'Jongen en haan' ~1915

Afmetingen: circa 18,5 x 19,3 cm.

Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937) was a prominent British painter, printmaker, and figure associated with the Symbolist and Aesthetic Movements. He is best known for his portraits, Giorgionesque figure compositions, etchings, and lithographs. Shannon was born in Lincolnshire and studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School (then Lambeth School of Art), where he met his lifelong partner, the artist Charles Ricketts. Their relationship was a celebrated artistic partnership, and they lived and worked together for most of their lives. Oscar Wilde famously compared their personalities, likening Shannon to a marigold and Ricketts to an orchid.  Shannon's early work had a heavy, low tone, which he later abandoned for clearer colors, influenced by the great Venetian masters like Titian and the French Symbolist Puvis de Chavannes. His work is characterized by a classical sense of style and is associated with Late Pre-Raphaelitism. While a respected painter (elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1911 and a full RA in 1920), he was particularly renowned as one of the finest lithographic artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Together with Ricketts, he founded the influential arts periodical The Dial (1889–1897) and the private press, the Vale Press, which produced finely illustrated books. They also collaborated on illustrations for Oscar Wilde's books and classic texts like Daphnis and Chloe. Shannon's work is held in major public collections in the UK, Europe, and the USA, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate Gallery in London, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.