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Shahn

[ shahn ]

noun

  1. Ben, 1898–1969, U.S. painter, born in Lithuania.


Shahn

/ ʃɑːn /

noun

  1. ShahnBen18981969MUSLithuanianARTS AND CRAFTS: artist Ben. 1898–1969, US artist, born in Lithuania, best known as an exponent of social realism, especially in the series (1931–32) inspired by the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti
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"Grace was a fun, friendly, kind-hearted and passionate individual who loved to make films and make people laugh," Shahn Devendran told Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald.

From BBC

In 1957, the American artist Ben Shahn, a hero of Chase-Riboud’s, bought her first bronze sculpture, a work comprising a realist human form presented atop a complex abstract base.

Shahn, the relentless chronicler of American labor, was influenced by Rivera’s densely packed scenes.

In the early 1940s, the artist Ben Shahn created a painting for the Office of War Information with images depicting suppression, starvation, slavery, torture and murder.

Even though Ben Shahn and Dorothea Lange had died, their spouses – who had accompanied them on many of their photographic trips – were able to help.

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