Ben Shahn
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American painter, graphic designer and photographer of Lithuanian descent (1898–1969)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kaunas
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Bernarda Bryson Shahn
- Occupation
- muralist
- Educated at
- Art Students League of New York
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- Lithuanian
- Participant in
- Documenta III
- Field of work
- painting
- Movement
- social realism
- Image
- Ben Shahn bijutsu-techo 1961185.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Ben Shahn
- date of birth
- 1898-09-12
- date of death
- 1969-03-14
- Commons Creator page
- Ben Shahn
- student
- Cy Twombly
- pseudonym
- Shahn, Benjamin
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Ben Shahn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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