Charles Haslewood Shannon British, 1863-1937
Figure Study, 1899

£2,500

Red and black chalk on paper, with white highlights
Initialed ‘CHS’ and dated (lower right)
27cm × 25cm (43cm × 39cm framed)

Shannon studied at Lincoln School of Art and at Lambeth School of Art, 1882, where he met his lifelong partner Charles Ricketts with whom he ran the Vale Press, 1896–1904 and founded 'The Dial' magazine, which ran from 1889–1897. During the early 20th century, his work was also featured in 'The Venture', an obscure short-lived art periodical of the period. He was greatly interested in Venetian art, he tried in his own paintings to revive their techniques by the use of rich, glowing colour. As a result, his classical and figure subjects have the air of Old Masters. His works is featured in several major European collections, including London's National Portrait Gallery, where his portrait painted by Ricketts and Ricketts’ portrait painted by himself are fittingly hung next to each other.