| LC control no. | n 79085084 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 |
| Variant(s) | Shan, Benjamin, 1898-1969 Shahn, Benjamin, 1898-1969 Shan, Ben, 1898-1969 |
| See also | Employer: Harvard University Employer: United States. Farm Security Administration Employer: United States. Resettlement Administration Student at: National Academy of Design (U.S. : 1828-1997) Student at: College of the City of New York (1866-1926) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1898-09-12 |
| Death date | 1969-03-14 |
| Place of birth | Kaunas (Lithuania) Russia |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Art Painting Graphic arts Photography Social realism Social action |
| Affiliation | Harvard University |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Painters Graphic artists Photographers Art teachers College teachers |
| Found in | Soby, J. T. Ben Shahn, 1947. Common man, mythic vision, 1998: CIP t.p. (Ben Shahn) galley (Benjamin Zwi Shahn, b. Sept. 12, 1898 in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania) Wikipedia, Apr. 2, 2008 (Ben Shahn; b. Sept. 12, 1898; d. Mar. 14, 1969; Jewish-born American artist, muralist, social activist, photographer and teacher) Wikipedia, 1 May 2019 (Ben Shahn; Lithuanian-born American artist; known for painting, illustration, graphic art, photography, writing; he; born in Kaunas, Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire; in 1906, family immigrated to United States, settled in Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York; first trained as a lithographer in New York, graphic design; later prints and paintings often include combination of text and image; pursued art at City College in 1921, then at National Academy of Design; in May-June 1933, served as an assistant to Diego Rivera while Rivera executed the Rockefeller Center mural; during Great Depression, member of photographic group at the Resettlement Administration (RA) and successor, Farm Security Administration; roamed and documented the American South together with his colleagues Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, in social-documentary photography; also worked for RA and FSA as graphic artist and painter, including fresco murals; during World War II, paintings reflecting his anti-war sentiment; in 1947, directed a summer session of School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;1961-1967, worked on the stained glass at Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo, NY; commercial artist for CBS, Time, Fortune, and Harper's; joined Harvard as a Charles Eliot Norton professor in 1956; published writings on art; social-realist vision; died in New York City) Hebrew Wikipedia, 2 May 2019 (בן שאן = Ben Shan) |
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