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CHARLES HAZELWOOD SHANNON (1865- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES HAZELWOOD See also:SHANNON (1865- )  , See also:English artist, was See also:born at See also:Sleaford in See also:Lincolnshire, the son of the Rev . See also:Frederic See also:Shannon, He attended the See also:Lambeth school of See also:art, and was subsequently considerably influenced by his friend See also:Charles Ricketts and by the example of the See also:great Venetians . In his See also:early See also:work he was addicted to a heavy See also:low See also:tone, which he abandoned subsequently for dearer and more transparent See also:colour . He achieved great success with his portraits and his Giorgionesque figure compositions, which are marked by a classic sense of See also:style, and with his etchings and lithographic designs . The See also:Dublin Municipal See also:Gallery owns his circular See also:composition " The Bunch of Grapes " and " The See also:Lady with the See also:Green See also:Fan " (portrait of Mrs Hacon) . His " Study in See also:Grey " is at the See also:Munich Gallery, a " Portrait of Mr Staats See also:Forbes " at See also:Bremen, and a " Souvenir of See also:Van Dyck " at See also:Melbourne . One of his most remarkable pictures is " The See also:Toilet of See also:Venus " in the collection of See also:Lord Northcliffe . See also:Complete sets of his lithographs and etchings have been acquired by the See also:British Museum and the See also:Berlin and See also:Dresden See also:print rooms . He was awarded a first-class See also:gold See also:medal at Munich in 1895 and a first-class See also:silver medal in See also:Paris in 1900 .

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