Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969) - photo 1

Ben Shahn

Benjamin Shahn, also known as Ben (Ben / Benjamin Shahn) — Lithuanian-born American artist and photographer. He combined a decorative style of imagery with poignant social themes in his works and is considered one of the most prominent critical artists in the United States. His photographs made him famous as a chronicler of life in New York's working-class and black Southern American communities, as well as the slums of big cities. Many of his street photographs were later used in his paintings and wall panels. He also used newspaper photographs in his work.

Shan's work can be found in many US museums, including the Wichita Museum of Art.

Date and place of birt:12 september 1898, Kaunas, Lithuania
Date and place of death:14 march 1969, New York City, USA
Nationality:Lithuania, USA
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Engraver, Genre painter, Graphic artist, Painter, Photographer, Portraitist, Posterist
Genre:Genre art, Portrait, Street Photography
Art style:Realism

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Aloys-Gustav Rockstuhl (1798 - 1877)
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Edward Pawłowicz (1825 - 1909)
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Tadeusz Gorecki (1825 - 1868)
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Konstantin Gursky (1868 - 1934)
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Julius Alexander Rappoport (1864 - 1916)
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Antanas Žmuidzinavičius (1876 - 1966)
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Max Band (1901 - 1974)
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Alexander Slendzinsky (1803 - 1878)
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Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894 - 1972)
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Vladas Digyokas (1889 - 1942)
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Moisey Zeligovich Levin (1895 - 1946)
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Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860 - 1900)
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David Howell Rosenbaum (1908 - 1982)
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Emil Czech (1862 - 1929)
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Constantin Font (1890 - 1954)
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Nikolai Vasilievich Ovechkin (1929 - 1993)
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Richard Brydges Beechey (1808 - 1895)
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Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863 - 1937)
Charles Haslewood Shannon
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Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862 - 1927)
Frederick Cayley Robinson
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kiselev (1838 - 1911)
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Janie Wilkinson Whyte (1869 - 1953)
Janie Wilkinson Whyte
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Franz Schrotzberg (1811 - 1889)
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Karl Roux (1826 - 1894)
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Wladyslaw Chmielinski (1911 - 1979)
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Carl Horn (1874 - 1945)
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Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio (1810 - 1871)
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