Ben Shahn
- Introduction
- Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content.
- Wikidata
- Q695239
- Nationalities
- American, Lithuanian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Lithographer, Graphic Artist, Painter, Photographer
- Names
- Ben Shahn, Benjamin Shan, Benjamin Shahn, Shahn
- Ulan
- 500005524
Exhibitions
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509: New York City, 1920s
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MoMA
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520: Picturing America
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MoMA
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402: In and Around Harlem
Ongoing
MoMA
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Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern
Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North
Apr 3–Sep 7, 2015
MoMA
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Ben Shahn has
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Ben Shahn Siesta at Djerba (December 12, 1929)
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Ben Shahn Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn Behold What Is Greater from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn I Saw Dimly Relieved from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn Eternal Silence Reigns from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn Rachel Weeping from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn She It Was That Stood from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn Every Slave from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn Every Woman from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn She Also Is the Mother from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn He Worshipped the Worm from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn To Plague His Heart from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow 1931
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Ben Shahn Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco 1931–32
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Ben Shahn Two Witnesses, Mellie Edeau and Sadie Edeau 1932
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Ben Shahn Farmers at Maynardville, Tennessee 1935
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Ben Shahn Colored Inhabitant of Scott's Run, West Virginia, Who Has Just Received Relief Check 1935
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Ben Shahn Resident of Smithland, KY September 1935
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Ben Shahn Circus Poster, Smithland, Kentucky 1935
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Ben Shahn Children of Destitute Mountaineer, Arkansas 1935
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Ben Shahn Coal Miner, Kentucky 1935
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Ben Shahn Ozark Family, Arkansas 1935
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Ben Shahn Sharecroppers, Arkansas 1935
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Ben Shahn Sharecropper's Children, Arkansas 1935
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Ben Shahn Sharecropper's Wife, Arkansas 1935
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Ben Shahn Rehabilitation Client, Arkansas, Mother and Child, Arkansas October 1935
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Ben Shahn The Committee of 100 1935
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Ben Shahn We Demand The National Textile Act 1935
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Ben Shahn Interior of Ozark School, Arkansas September 1935
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Ben Shahn Deputy in West Virginia Mining Town September 1935
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Ben Shahn Scene at Smithland, Kentucky October 1935
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Ben Shahn Sunday, Scotts Run, West Virginia 1935
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Ben Shahn New York 1936
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Ben Shahn Years of Dust, Resettlement Administration, Rescues Victims, Restores Land to Proper Use 1937
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Ben Shahn Lunchroom in Columbus, Ohio 1938
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Ben Shahn Main Street, Lancaster, Ohio 1938
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Ben Shahn Religious Sign in Columbus, Ohio 1938
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Ben Shahn Women at Fourth of July Carnival and Fish Fry, Ashville, Ohio 1938
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Ben Shahn Campaign Posters, Central Ohio, Route 40 Summer 1938
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Ben Shahn Circleville, Ohio 1938
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Ben Shahn Handball 1939
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Ben Shahn Untitled c. 1935
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Ben Shahn Willis Avenue Bridge 1940
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Ben Shahn Vandenberg, Dewey, and Taft 1941
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Ben Shahn 4 1/2 Out of Every 5 Think 1941
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Ben Shahn Immigrant Family 1941
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Ben Shahn We French Workers Warn You..Defeat Means Slavery, Starvation, Death 1942
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Ben Shahn The Handshake 1942
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Ben Shahn This is Nazi Brutality 1943
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