Ben Shahn, artist and art
Born Sept 12 1898, Birth Kaunas, Lithuania.
Died 1969 deathNew York, USA.
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Ben Shahn made two important contributions to the newly formed Historical Section in 1935. First, of course, were the photographs he himself added to the agency’s file. The portion dating from 1935 is small—less than 2 percent of the eight-year accumulation—but about one-third of those early images are Shahn’s…
Lute and Molecules
Biography
6 Works online
Ben Shahn’s interest and involvement in politics was longstanding and greatly influenced his artistic career. He was born in Lithuania in 1898 into a family of Jewish craftsmen. His father’s anti-czarist activities forced the family to immigrate to the United States in 1906. Shahn grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn…
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