The Pursuit
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Charles Shannon (1863 – 1937) was an English artist best known for his portraits. His works feature in several major European collections, including London's National Portrait Gallery. He attended the City and Guilds of London Art School and was later much influenced by his life partner, Charles Ricketts, and by the example of the great Venetians.
His early work has a heavy, low tone, which he later abandoned for clearer, more transparent colours. He achieved success with his portraits and his Giorgionesque figure compositions, which are marked by a classic sense of style, and with his etchings and lithographs.
Shannon was elected as Associate of the Royal Academy in 1911 and became vice-president of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in 1918. He was elected RA in 1920.