Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn

1898 — 1969

American painter, graphic designer and photographer of Lithuanian descent (1898–1969)

Ben Shahn was an 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.

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Works

The Riveter (mural study, Bronx, New York central postal station) 1938

The Riveter (mural study, Bronx, New York central postal station)

Ben Shahn Smithsonian American Art Museum
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The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti Mural 1966

The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti Mural

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Apotheosis

Ben Shahn Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Arabs

Ben Shahn Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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Carnival

Ben Shahn Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Epoch

Ben Shahn
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Four Piece Orchestra

Ben Shahn Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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French Workers

Ben Shahn Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Identity

Ben Shahn Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Miners' Wives

Ben Shahn
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Sunday Morning

Ben Shahn Georgia Museum of Art
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The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

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1900c

Girl Standing

Ben Shahn Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1900c

Resources of America (two panels, mural study, Bronx, New York Central Post Office)

Ben Shahn Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1930

Madame Lucie Dreyfus Sortant de la Prison de Rennes

Ben Shahn Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1930s

The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

Ben Shahn Whitney Museum of American Art
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1931

[Portrait of Walker Evans]

Ben Shahn Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1933

Demonstration

Ben Shahn Harvard Art Museums
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1939

Self-Portrait Among Churchgoers

Ben Shahn Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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1939

Three Men

Ben Shahn Harvard Art Museums
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1943

Girl Skipping Rope

Ben Shahn Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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1944

The Clinic

Ben Shahn Georgia Museum of Art
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1944

The Red Stairway

Ben Shahn Saint Louis Art Museum
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1945

Death on the Beach

Ben Shahn Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1945

Ohio Magic

Ben Shahn M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
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1945

Reconstruction

Ben Shahn Whitney Museum of American Art
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1946

Man

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1946

Nearly Everyone Reads the Bulletin

Ben Shahn
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1947

Spring

Ben Shahn Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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1948

Mine Disaster

Ben Shahn
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1948

Still Music

Ben Shahn The Phillips Collection
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1949

Death of a Miner

Ben Shahn Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1950

Voting Booths ("The end of the government is the good of mankind...and which is best for mankind, that the people should be always exposed to the boundless will of tyranny, or that the rulers should be sometimes liable t

Ben Shahn Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1951

Composition for Clarinets and Tin Horn

Ben Shahn Detroit Institute of Arts
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1953

Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books

Ben Shahn Detroit Institute of Arts
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1954

Everyman

Ben Shahn Whitney Museum of American Art
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1959

After Titian

Ben Shahn Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1959

Cat's Cradle in Blue

Ben Shahn Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1960

We Did Not Know What Happened to Us

Ben Shahn Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1962

Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), Doctor of Philosophy, public Government official, United Nations Secretary-General

Ben Shahn Nationalmuseum
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