CHARLES HAZELWOOD

See also:

• SHANNON
• CHARLES HAZELWOOD SHANNON (1865- )
• SHANNON, JAMES JEBUSA (1862- )

SHANNON (1865- )  , English artist, was born at Sleaford in Lincolnshire, the son of the Rev . Frederic Shannon, He attended the Lambeth school of art, and was subsequently considerably influenced by his friend Charles Ricketts 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 dearer and more transparent colour . He achieved great 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 . The Dublin Municipal Gallery owns his circular composition " The Bunch of Grapes " and " The Lady with the Green Fan " (portrait of Mrs Hacon) . His " Study in Grey " is at the Munich Gallery, a " Portrait of Mr Staats Forbes " at Bremen, and a " Souvenir of Van Dyck " at Melbourne . One of his most remarkable pictures is " The Toilet of Venus " in the collection of Lord Northcliffe . 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 .