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1898 Kovno, Lithuania - 1969 New York City. Known for: Social-realist painting, illustration, lithography, photography.
BENJAMIN SHAHN (1898 - 1969) . Large eyes and big heads dominate Ben Shahn’s insightful paintings, prints, drawings, and murals. Often the narrative is sardonic, while at other times humorous, but... Read full biography
BENJAMIN SHAHN (1898 - 1969) . Large eyes and big heads dominate Ben Shahn’s insightful paintings, prints, drawings, and murals. Often the narrative is sardonic, while at other times humorous, but always intuitive and compassionate about humankind. Throughout his life he was politically aware,... Read full biography
BENJAMIN SHAHN (1898 - 1969) . Large eyes and big heads dominate Ben Shahn’s insightful paintings, prints, drawings, and murals. Often the narrative is sardonic, while at other times humorous, but always intuitive and compassionate about humankind. Throughout his life he was politically aware, often selecting current topics, many of which were controversial. From his mid-career onwards, he was a figurative artist with a distinctive style at a time when abstraction was all the rage. Shahn was... Read full biography
BENJAMIN SHAHN (1898 - 1969) . Large eyes and big heads dominate Ben Shahn’s insightful paintings, prints, drawings, and murals. Often the narrative is sardonic, while at other times humorous, but always intuitive and compassionate about humankind. Throughout his life he was politically aware, often selecting current topics, many of which were controversial. From his mid-career onwards, he was a figurative artist with a distinctive style at a time when abstraction was all the rage. Shahn was born in Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno), Lithuania, in 1898, when it was part of the Russian Empire. His father, a woodworker, was banished to Siberia for demanding workers’ rights, and in 1906 his family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York.... Read full biography
BENJAMIN SHAHN (1898 - 1969) . Large eyes and big heads dominate Ben Shahn’s insightful paintings, prints, drawings, and murals. Often the narrative is sardonic, while at other times humorous, but always intuitive and compassionate about humankind. Throughout his life he was politically aware, often selecting current topics, many of which were controversial. From his mid-career onwards, he was a figurative artist with a distinctive style at a time when abstraction was all the rage. Shahn was born in Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno), Lithuania, in 1898, when it was part of the Russian Empire. His father, a woodworker, was banished to Siberia for demanding workers’ rights, and in 1906 his family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York. Later the artist recollected: “The first thing I can remember I drew.” He copied Biblical texts and developed a keen interest in... Read full biography
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- Patron of the ModernNovember 2004Jeffers, WendyThe Magazine Antiques
- Front PageMarch 2004Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- Review of BooksSeptember 2003Bowles, John PArt in America
- ReviewsJuly 2003Editor, ARTnewsARTnews
- Take a Deep BreathMay 2003Esterow, MiltonARTnews
- Jean & Alvin Snowiss Collection ofApril 2003Robinson and MazowAmerican Art Review
- The Montclair Art MuseumAugust 2002Stavitsky, GailAmerican Art Review
- ReviewsJanuary 1999Editors, ARTnewsARTnews
- Current and ComingDecember 1998Ledes, Allison EckardtThe Magazine Antiques
- Common Man, Mythic Vision: The PainDecember 1998Steiner, Raymond JArt Times
- When Artists Became WorkersFebruary 1997Braufman, SheilaAmerican Art Review
- Ripe for RediscoveryNovember 1996Landi, AnnARTnews
- Ben Shahn's Murals for theNovember 1996Linden, Diana LThe Magazine Antiques
- In the Eye of the StormDecember 1995Pohl, FrancesAmerican Art Review