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Bernarda Bryson Shahn

American artist (1903-2004) · United States · Artists · Died at 101

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Bernarda Bryson Shahn was an American painter and lithographer. She also wrote and illustrated children's books including The Zoo of Zeus and Gilgamesh. The artist Ben Shahn was her "life companion" and they married in 1969, shortly before his death.

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Printing the lithograph Stranded Mines in the Resettlement Administration's Special Skills Division studio in Washington, D.C. (September 1936)Printing the lithograph Stranded Mines in the Resettlement Administration's Special Skills Division studio in Washington, D.C. (September 1936)Resettlement Administration poster by Bernarda Bryson Shahn (c. 1936)Resettlement Administration poster by Bernarda Bryson Shahn (c. 1936)

Awards

Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award1989
Caldecott Medal1963
Honorary Doctorate, Ohio University

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Spouse: Ben Shahn

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 2004 · aged 101

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