Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Aliases:
Ben Chahn;
Ben Shan;
Ben Shann
Professions:
Painter;
Illustrator;
Photographer
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Biography
(b Kovno, Lithuania, 12 Sept 1898; d New York, 14 March 1969). American painter, photographer and lithographer of Lithuanian birth. He was born into a family of Jewish craftsmen who emigrated in 1906, settling in New York. From 1913 to 1917 Shahn served as an apprentice in Hessenberg’s Lithography Shop in Manhattan, and in the evenings he attended high school in Brooklyn. In 1916 he enrolled in a life-drawing class at the Art Students League. ... (view more)
Upcoming Auction Lots for Shahn - 4
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Ben Shahn (American, 1898-1969) Untitled 11/21/2008 Rago Arts and Auction Center |
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Ben Shahn, Pleiades (Prescott 42): lithograph with 12/5/2008 Mallet Japan |
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Ben Shahn, Blind Botanist (Prescott 50) (sold with 12/5/2008 Mallet Japan |
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BEN SHAHN (American, 1898-1969) For the Sake of a 12/11/2008 Heritage Auction Galleries |
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Examples of Shahn's Work at Auction - 1,069 price results currently available
Literature: Books and Other References on Shahn
- 'Ben Shahn''s New York: The Photography of Modern Times'
- by Deborah Martin Kao, Laura Katzman, Jenna Webster
- 'Ben Shahn'
- by Frances K. Pohl, Ben Shahn
- 'Ben Shahn and the Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti'
- by Alejandro Anreus
- 'Ben Shahn: An Artist''s Life'
- by Howard Greenfeld
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Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898–March 14, 1969)
Ben Shahn
Passion for Justice - Ben Shahn
Documenting America
"Farmers", 1943
Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14
BEN SHAHN’S NEW YORK: The Photography of Modern Times
Ben Shahn's NY -- Rikers Mural: NYCHS Excerpts I
1988 HALL OF FAME
Roosevelt Mural
Harvard University and the Fogg Art Museum
The Passion of Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn at Harvard
Tate Collection
Ben Shahn Bio.
Anger and form in the work of Ben Shahn
"Portrait of Walker Evans", 1931
National Gallery of Art
The Paintings of Ben Shahn, 1930-1940
