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Charles Haslewood Shannon RA [2] (26 April 1863 – 18 March 1937) was an English artist best known for his portraits. [3] His works featured in several major European collections, including London's National Portrait Gallery .
The Bath of Venus, 1751 – National Gallery of Art, Washington. With Boucher, the sumptuous Baroque was transformed into the gallant Rococo . The best representative and principal author the era's taste, Boucher used his imagination and virtuosity in exploring themes such as pastorals, bucolic landscapes, and mythological scenes dedicated to ...
Charles Shannon may refer to: Charles Shannon West (1829–1885), Texas politician; Charles Haslewood Shannon (1865–1937), English artist; Charles Shannon (artist) (1914–1996), American artist; Charles Shannon (ice hockey) (1916–1974), American ice hockey player; C. Shannon Mallory (1936–2018), Anglican bishop; Charles E. Shannon (1943 ...
In 1890 The Bath of Psyche was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. The critic of The Spectator was full of praise: Whether you call No. 310 "Psyche," or, better, "Soma," we can admire her pretty, graceful lines, and the wonderful pure colour of the curtain and the sky, of the gold and of the copper, and the unfaltering hand that has drawn ...
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The German art historian Georg Satzinger writes: “[…] the bronze is a genuine new interpretation of the highest artistic quality in terms of individual dimensions (varying measurements throughout the figure) as well as in details and the introduction of a new element, namely the juxtaposition of different surfaces: some unfinished surfaces, and more worked, finished surfaces."
The Crouching Venus is a Hellenistic model of Venus surprised at her bath. Venus crouches with her right knee close to the ground, turns her head to the right and, in most versions, reaches her right arm over to her left shoulder to cover her breasts. [ 1 ]
Charles Page (June 2, 1860 – December 27, 1926) was a businessman and important philanthropist in the early history of Tulsa, Oklahoma.After his father died when Page was an 11-year-old boy in Wisconsin, he left school early to try to help support his mother and siblings.