| Ben Shahn
American 1898 -1969
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| Born: |
Kovno, Lithuania
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| Died: |
New York City, New York, United States
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| Studied: |
Educational Alliance School of Art
Art Students League, New York City
National Academy of Design
New York University
Academie de la Grande Chaumiere
Sorbonne, Paris
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| Exhibited: |
Shahn, Museum of Modern Art, 1961-1963
Shahn Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, 1947
Shahn Retrospective, Major Gallery of London 1947
Shahn Retrospective, New Jersey State Museum 1969
Shahn Retrospective, Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Japa 1970
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| Examples of Work: |
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
Detroit Institute of Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Philips Collection, Washington DC
St. Louis Art Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Printmaker
Photographer
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| Style/School: |
Social Realism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Society/Politics
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