Ben Shahn
American painter, graphic designer and photographer of Lithuanian descent (1898-1969) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 70
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.
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Photograph of a sailor taken by Shahn in Jackson Square, New Orleans, 1935
Panel from Ben Shahn, "The Meaning of Social Security" murals (1942)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) poster (1946)
Women's Christian Temperance Union by Ben Shahn.
Shahn's untitled fresco for the Jersey Homesteads in May 1938, shortly after it was completed
Shahn with his sinopia drawings for the Jersey Homesteads mural (1938)
In 1999 the original sinopia drawings were permanently installed in a custom-designed gallery within the United States Post Office and Courthouse in Camden, New Jersey, in a skyway connecting the building with the Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse.
Detail from "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti" (1967, mosaic), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYAwards
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Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1969 · aged 70
