# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-shahn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:15:27.838Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-shahn"
name: "Ben Shahn"
slug: "ben-shahn"
description: "Ben Shahn was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content."
tagline: "American painter, graphic designer and photographer of Lithuanian descent (1898–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Shahn_bijutsu-techo_1961185.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1898-09-12"
deathDate: "1969-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.36357866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BenShahn"
    handle:    "BenShahn"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Ben Shahn"
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    title: "Ben Shahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Shahn"
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    title: "Ben Shahn"
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    title: "Ben Shahn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump