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Museums page for Ben (Rosenberg) Benn ((1884 - 1983)), known for Modernist genre, still life, landscape. Showing 11 museum collections and exhibitions.
Ben (Rosenberg) Benn MUSEUMS
1884 Kamenets-Podolsky, Russia - 1983 New York, New York. Known for: Modernist genre, still life, landscape.
Ben Benn (1884-1983). Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn "seems always... Read full biography
Ben Benn (1884-1983). Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn "seems always to have been a 'subject' painter. Considering this, it is remarkable that he remained visible at... Read full biography
Ben Benn (1884-1983). Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn "seems always to have been a 'subject' painter. Considering this, it is remarkable that he remained visible at all during the 50's and early 60's, when prejudice against the representational amounted nearly to a proscription of it."(1) Benn's prominence in the art world over 6 decades was reaffirmed at a 90th... Read full biography
Ben Benn (1884-1983). Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn "seems always to have been a 'subject' painter. Considering this, it is remarkable that he remained visible at all during the 50's and early 60's, when prejudice against the representational amounted nearly to a proscription of it."(1) Benn's prominence in the art world over 6 decades was reaffirmed at a 90th birthday show at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. in 1974. Benn was born Benjamin Rosenberg in the town of Kamenets Podolsk just after Christmas in 1884. This town was the regional capital of an area in what is today, SW Ukraine, and was... Read full biography
Ben Benn (1884-1983). Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn "seems always to have been a 'subject' painter. Considering this, it is remarkable that he remained visible at all during the 50's and early 60's, when prejudice against the representational amounted nearly to a proscription of it."(1) Benn's prominence in the art world over 6 decades was reaffirmed at a 90th birthday show at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. in 1974. Benn was born Benjamin Rosenberg in the town of Kamenets Podolsk just after Christmas in 1884. This town was the regional capital of an area in what is today, SW Ukraine, and was historically known as Podolia. The area was economically important because of its rich black earth and location ne... Read full biography
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About Ben (Rosenberg) Benn: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (11)
All MuseumsGreenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Knoxville Museum of Art
1050 World's Fair Park Drive
KnoXVille, TN 37920Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Woodstock Artists Association Museum
28 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498