Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for Ben Shahn ((1898 - 1969)), known for Social-realist painting, illustration, lithography, photography. Showing 54 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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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About Ben Shahn: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (54)
All MuseumsAmarillo Museum of Art
2200 South Van Buren
Amarillo, TX 79109Amon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
501 East 9th Street
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
480 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3886Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Fleming Museum, University of Vermont
University of Vermont
61 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138George Walter Vincent Smith Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64111-1821Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
One Quinlan Street
Lynchburg, VA 24503-1526McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Munson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2604Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
Stockholm, SwedenNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, AustraliaNational Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Newfields
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4196Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2476Sara Roby Foundation Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
G St. NW & 8th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004Sheffield Art Galleries G & Mappin
Sheffield, United KingdomSheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Ulrich Museum of Art
1845 Fairmount, McKnight Center
Wichita State University (Box 46) (Box 46) (Box 46)
Wichita, KS 67260-0046University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Vatican Museum: Picture Gallery
Rome, ItalyWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College
Beloit College
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511-5595