Sir James Jebusa Shannon nasceu em Aubur Nova

Sir James Jebusa Shannon nasceu em Aubur, Nova York, Estados Unidos, em 1862. Com oito anos de idade foi levado por seus pais para o Canadá. Teve suas primeiras lições de Arte com William E. Wright. Em 1878 foi para a Inglaterra onde estudou na “South Kensington”, e depois de três anos ganhou a medalha de ouro para a pintura de retratos. Em 1886 casou-se com Florence Mary Cartwright e tiveram uma filha. Durante meados da década de 1880, Shannon dominou o campo do retrato britânico. Ele foi um dos primeiros membros do “New English Art Club” e, em 1897, foi eleito como associado da “Royal Academy”. Foi presidente da “Royal Society of Portrait Painters” entre 1910 -1923 e feito Cavaleiro em 1922. Sua pintura, "The Flower Girl", foi comprada pela “National Gallery of British Art” em 1901. Shannon tem pinturas na coleção de várias instituições britânicas, incluindo “Sheffield”, “Derby Art Gallery”, “Glasgow Museum” e “Bradford Museum”. Ele morreu em 1923, aos 61 anos de idade. Seu trabalho é representado em muitos museus importantes, incluindo o “Metropolitan” em Nova York.

Madame Patey, 1884 Baby in a Ruffled Dress, 1886

Portrait of Violet, Duchess of Rutland, 1890 Iris, 1891

Diana Mac. Donald, 1894 White Lilies, Portrait d´Olga de Meyer

Jungle Tales, 1895

The Squirrel, 1896 In the Springtime, 1896

Miss Matilda Ellen Bishop, 1897 Monsignor Nugent, 1897

Reverie, 1898 Emilie Michaelis, 1899

Lord Cranworth, 1899 Magnolia, 1899

A Peasant Woman

The Stairs, 1899 The Flower Girl, 1900

Portrait of a Young Girl Portrait of Lady Diana Manners, 1900

The Silver Ship Lady Violet, the Duchess of Rutland, 1900

Lady Marjorie Manners , 1900 Lady Barber in a Landscape

Lord John Manners, Lord Haddon and Lady Marjorie Manners

Portrait of a Girl, 1901 The Purple Stocking

Knitting, 1905 Irene and Frida Mond

Portrait of a Bride Embroidery, 1907

Miss Chloe Preston, 1909 Michealmas

Black and Silver, 1910

On the Dunes (Lady Shannon and Kitty), 1910 The Tennis Player

Mother and Child, (Lady Shannon and Kitty), 1910 Miss Kitty

Lady Winifred Paget and Her Infant Son, 1914 Portrait of Mary, Princess Royal, 1914

St. Michael of Belgium, 1914 Lily Elsie, 1916

Violet Lindsay, Duchess of Rutland, 1918 The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

Biography: Sir James Jebusa Shannon was born in Aubur, New York, United States, in 1862. With eight years of age he was taken by his parents to Canada. He had his first lessons in Art with William E. Wright. In 1878 he moved to England, where he studied at the “South Kensington”, and three years later he won the gold medal for painting portraits. In 1886 he married Florence Mary Cartwright and they had a daughter. During the mid-1880 s, Shannon commandedthe field of British portraiture. He was an early member of the “New English Art Club” and, in 1897, he was elected as an associateof the “Royal Academy”. He was President of the “Royal Society of Portrait Painters”from 1910 to 1923, and was knightedin 1922. His painting, “The Flower Girl” was bought by the “National Gallery of British Art” in 1901. Shannon has paintingsin the collection of various British institutions, including “Sheffield”, “Derby Art Gallery”, “Glasgow Museum” and “Bradford Museum”. He died in 1923 at 61 years of age. His work is represented in many important museums, including the “Metropolitan”, in New York. Self-Portrait, 1919

Portraits of Lorna and Dorothy Bell, Daughters of W. Heward Bell

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