Ben Shahn
♂ American, born Lithuania. 1898–1969
Ben Shahn has been in 86 exhibitions at MoMA, between 1930 and 1989.
86 exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
11–27 April 1930
Ben Shahn, Pavel Tchelitchew, Peter Blume and Arshile Gorky, among others, were involved.
Murals by American Painters and Photographers
3–31 May 1932
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Stuart Davis, among others, were involved.
Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
19 November 1934 to 20 January 1935
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
14 January to 16 February 1936
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.
Three Centuries of American Art
24 May to 31 July 1938
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.
PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter
15 April to 7 May 1940
Ben Shahn, John Sloan, William Gropper and Philip Guston, among others, were involved.
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
23 October 1940 to 12 January 1941
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
11–26 June 1941
Max Ernst, Ben Shahn, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Herbert Bayer, among others, were involved.
28 January to 2 March 1942
Ben Shahn, George Grosz, Edward Hopper and Walker Evans, among others, were involved.
Twentieth Century Portraits
9 December 1942 to 24 January 1943
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
10 February to 21 March 1943
Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Edward Hopper and Dorothy C. Miller, among others, were involved.
Modern Drawings
16 February to 10 May 1944
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Posters
24 May to 17 September 1944
Ben Shahn, El Lissitzky, Herbert Bayer and Monroe Wheeler, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
15 February to 18 March 1945
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
6–25 March 1945
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
20 June 1945 to 13 February 1946
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Paintings from New York Private Collections
2 July to 22 September 1946
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions in Painting and Sculpture
24 September to 17 November 1946
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ben Shahn and George Grosz, among others, were involved.
Large-Scale Modern Paintings
1 April to 4 May 1947
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
Ben Shahn
30 September 1947 to 4 January 1948
Ben Shahn, Dorothy C. Miller and James Thrall Soby were involved.
Portraits in Prints
1 June to 6 September 1948
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, William S. Lieberman and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.
New York Private Collections
20 July to 12 September 1948
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
American Paintings from the Museum Collection
23 December 1948 to 13 March 1949
Max Ernst, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.
The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club
15 March to 17 April 1949
Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Morris Graves, among others, were involved.
Master Prints from the Museum Collection
10 May to 10 July 1949
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Modern Art in Your Life
5 October to 4 December 1949
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
New Posters from 16 Countries
11 October to 20 November 1949
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Ben Shahn and Jean Dubuffet, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
25 October 1949 to 22 January 1950
Marc Chagall, Ben Shahn, André Derain and Jean Dubuffet, among others, were involved.
Polio Poster Competition
31 October to 20 November 1949
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Philip Johnson, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
31 January to 7 May 1950
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
28 March to 7 May 1950
Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Ben Shahn and Giorgio de Chirico, among others, were involved.
29 August to 15 October 1950
Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Georges Rouault and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
Posters by Painters and Sculptors
4 March to 11 May 1952
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
19 March to 30 October 1952
Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Ben Shahn and Aristide Maillol were involved.
6 May to 8 June 1952
Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Georges Rouault and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
5–18 August 1952
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.
Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
23 June to 4 October 1953
Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.
Four American Graphic Designers
9 February to 4 April 1954
Ben Shahn, Mildred Constantine, Herbert Matter and Leo Lionni, among others, were involved.
8 September to 28 November 1954
William S. Lieberman, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Lyonel Feininger, among others, were involved.
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
19 October 1954 to 6 February 1955
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
The Family of Man
24 January to 8 May 1955
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, among others, were involved.
Paintings from Private Collections
31 May to 7 September 1955
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
5–24 October 1955
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Fernand Léger and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection
29 January to 24 February 1957
Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Fernand Léger and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
13 November 1957 to 5 January 1958
Paul Klee, Ben Shahn, Giorgio de Chirico and Odilon Redon, among others, were involved.
Photographs from the Museum Collection
26 November 1958 to 18 January 1959
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and John Szarkowski, among others, were involved.
2 April to 31 May 1959
William S. Lieberman, Max Ernst, Ben Shahn and Charles Sheeler, among others, were involved.
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
18–29 November 1959
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and John Szarkowski, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
3 December 1959 to 31 January 1960
Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Ben Shahn and Alberto Giacometti, among others, were involved.
27 January to 20 March 1960
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, William S. Lieberman and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
Portraits from the Museum Collection
4 May to 18 September 1960
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and William S. Lieberman, among others, were involved.
100 Drawings from the Museum Collection
11 October 1960 to 2 January 1961
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
21 December 1960 to 5 February 1961
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
1 February to 4 March 1961
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Jasper Johns, among others, were involved.
America Seen: Between The Wars
25 April to 7 August 1961
Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, George Grosz and John Marin, among others, were involved.
Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions
10 April to 12 August 1962
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Georges Braque and William S. Lieberman, among others, were involved.
The Bitter Years: 1935–1941
18 October to 25 November 1962
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, among others, were involved.
Lettering by Hand
6 November 1962 to 6 January 1963
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions
20 November 1962 to 13 January 1963
Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Georges Braque and Paul Cézanne, among others, were involved.
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Started 27 May 1964
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
27 May 1964 to 7 February 1965
Ben Shahn, Max Beckmann, Henry Moore and Yves Tanguy, among others, were involved.
Prints by Seventeen Artists
27 May 1964 to 23 March 1965
Pablo Picasso, William S. Lieberman, Ben Shahn and André Derain, among others, were involved.
Edward Steichen Photography Center
Started 27 May 1964
Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.
Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers
15 September to 24 October 1964
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, William S. Lieberman and Jasper Johns, among others, were involved.
Greetings!
1 March to 8 May 1966
Ben Shahn, Roy Lichtenstein, Josef Albers and Herbert Bayer, among others, were involved.
The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection
21 December 1966 to 5 March 1967
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque and William S. Lieberman, among others, were involved.
Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967
25 January to 10 March 1968
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Fernand Léger and Georges Braque, among others, were involved.
24 December 1969 to 1 March 1970
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ben Shahn and Charles Sheeler, among others, were involved.
The Artist as Adversary
1 July to 27 September 1971
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Georges Rouault, among others, were involved.
3–8 November 1971
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ben Shahn and Alexander Calder, among others, were involved.
Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection
19 November 1973 to 13 January 1974
Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, William S. Lieberman and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.
Portraits
27 December 1973 to 24 February 1974
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, William S. Lieberman and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.
American Prints: 1913–1963
3 December 1974 to 3 March 1975
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ben Shahn and Charles Sheeler, among others, were involved.
Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America
20 August to 14 November 1976
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976
23 November 1976 to 20 February 1977
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Jasper Johns, among others, were involved.
Posters by Painters
21 January to 23 March 1977
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Georges Braque, among others, were involved.
Extraordinary Men
2 June to 17 July 1977
William S. Lieberman, Ben Shahn, Jean Dubuffet and Paul Gauguin, among others, were involved.
Artists and Writers
10 July to 3 October 1978
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, William S. Lieberman and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.
Gifts of Drawing
9 August to 13 November 1979
Joan Miró, Paul Klee, William S. Lieberman and Jasper Johns, among others, were involved.
6 November 1980 to 20 January 1981
Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Robert Rauschenberg and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
Recent Acquisitions: Drawings
19 March to 2 June 1981
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
18 December 1985 to 20 May 1986
Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Alexander Calder and Jim Dine, among others, were involved.
Committed to Print
31 January to 19 April 1988
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ben Shahn and Claes Oldenburg, among others, were involved.
The Modern Poster
6 June to 6 September 1988
Max Ernst, Ben Shahn, Pierre Bonnard and Oskar Kokoschka, among others, were involved.
14 July to 1 November 1989
Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall and Georges Rouault, among others, were involved.