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James Jebusa Shannon

James Jebusa Shannon (1862 - 1923) was active/lived in New York / United Kingdom.  James Shannon is known for Child figure and portrait painting.

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Born in New York to Irish-American parents, James Shannon became an expatriate figure and portrait painter who spent his professional life in England, although he did return to America for several extended painting trips.

In England, along with John Singer Sargent, he became the leading portraitist of the Vicitorian and Edwardian eras, the "Belle Epoch." Two years before his death, Shannon was awarded a Knighthood for his services to the world of Art.

Because he showed precocious talent, his parents had sent him at age 16 to the National Art Training School at South Kensington, later the Royal College of Art. In 1881, three years later, he won the gold medal in the annual competition of all the art schools in Britain. He also made his Royal Academy debut at the with a portrait commissioned by Queen Victoria of her lady-in-waiting, the Honourable Horatia Stopford.   ...  [Displaying 890 of 2762 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  29
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for James Jebusa Shannon
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques Adolescence in the Art of John Sing October 2004 Gallati, Barbara Dayer Yes
29 Book References for James Jebusa Shannon
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Gallati, Barbara Dayer Great Expectations John Singer Sargent Painting Children 156 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1992 Strazdes, Diana American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art 511 Yes
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
(Exhibition catalog)
335 No
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections 198 Yes
1987 Chambers, Bruce W. (Essay) American Impressionist Paintings (Berry-Hill Galleries)
(Exhibition catalog)
36 Yes
1987 Simon, Robin The Portrait in Britain and America with Biographical Dictionary of Portraitists 1680-1914 255 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Faison, S Lane/Sally Mills Hudson Valley People Albany to Yonkers, 1700-1900
(Exhibition catalog)
63 No
1980 Burke, Doreen Bolger American Paintings/Metropolitan Mus V 3, Artists Born Between1846-64 479 No
1976 Quick, Michael American Expatriate Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century (The Dayton Art Institute)
(Exhibition catalog)
158 Yes
1973 Carnegie Institute Catalogue of Painting Collection Museum of Art 196 Yes
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1966 Los Angeles County Museum American Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art 143 Yes
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1937 Caffin, Charles H The Story of American Painting The Evolution of Painting in America 396 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
1919 Editors Who's Who in American Art, 1919 American Art Annual 0 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)
281 No
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