Ben Shahn
American 1898 -1969
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Born: |
Kovno, Lithuania
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Died: |
New York City, New York, United States
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Studied: |
Educational Alliance School of Art Art Students League, New York City National Academy of Design New York University Academie de la Grande Chaumiere Sorbonne, Paris
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Exhibited: |
Shahn, Museum of Modern Art, 1961-1963 Shahn Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, 1947 Shahn Retrospective, Major Gallery of London 1947 Shahn Retrospective, New Jersey State Museum 1969 Shahn Retrospective, Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Japa 1970
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Examples of Work: |
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Art Institute of Chicago Baltimore Museum of Art, MD Brooklyn Museum of Art Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh Detroit Institute of Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York City Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Philips Collection, Washington DC St. Louis Art Museum Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
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Specialty: |
Painter Printmaker Photographer
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Style/School: |
Social Realism
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Subjects Known For: |
Society/Politics
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