Ben Shahn

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 07-22-2012

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born Sept

12, 1898, Kaunas, Russia died March 14, 1969, New York, N

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, U

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Lithuanian-born U

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painter and graphic artist

His family immigrated to New York City in 1906

As a youth he worked as a lithographer's apprentice he later attended New York University and the National Academy of Design

In 1931-33 he achieved fame with a series of gouache paintings inspired by the Sacco-Vanzetti case, combining realism and abstraction in the service of sharp sociopolitical comment

In 1933 he assisted Diego Rivera with his Rockefeller Center mural and worked for the Public Works of Art Project

In 1935-38 he depicted rural poverty while working as an artist and photographer for the Farm Security Administration

After World War II he concentrated on easel painting, poster design, and book illustration
İngilizce Benzer Kelimeler* Ben
* ben affleck
* ben crenshaw
* ben gurion
* ben gurion airport
* ben gurion university
* ben hecht
* ben hogan
* ben johnson
* ben jonson
* ben nunn
* ben nut
* ben said
* ben sira
* ben slimane morocco

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Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Ben Shahn * 1born Sept 12, 1898, Kaunas, Russia died March 14, 1969, New York, NY, US Lithuanian-born US painter and graphic artist His family immigrated to New York City in 1906 As a youth he worked as a lithographer's apprentice he later attended New York University and the National Academy of Design In 1931-33 he achieved fame with a series of gouache paintings inspired by the Sacco-Vanzetti case, combining realism and abstraction in the service of sharp sociopolitical comment In 1933 he assisted Diego Rivera with his Rockefeller Center mural and worked for the Public Works of Art Project In 1935-38 he depicted rural poverty while working as an artist and photographer for the Farm Security Administration After World War II he concentrated on easel painting, poster design, and book illustration İngilizce Benzer Kelimeler* Ben * ben affleck * ben crenshaw * ben gurion * ben gurion airport * ben gurion university * ben hecht * ben hogan * ben johnson * ben jonson * ben nunn * ben nut * ben said * ben sira * ben slimane morocco