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Ben Shahn (1898-1969)

Aliases: Ben Chahn; Ben Shan; Ben Shann

Professions: Painter; Illustrator; Photographer

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    Ben Shahn, Pleiades (Prescott 42): lithograph with

    Ben Shahn, Pleiades (Prescott 42): lithograph with

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    Ben Shahn (1898-1969)

    Ben Shahn (1898-1969)

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    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LEO S. GUTHMAN BEN SHAHN 1898-1969 INTERIOR

    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LEO S. GUTHMAN BEN SHAHN 1898-1969 INTERIOR

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    Ben Shahn , 1898-1969 The Fall (Icarus) ink, wash and watercolor on paper

    Ben Shahn , 1898-1969 The Fall (Icarus) ink, wash and watercolor on paper

Ben Shahn 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. After studying biology, first at New York University (1919) and then at City College, New York (1919–22), he entered the National Academy of Design to pursue a career as an artist (1923).

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