Identity is a direct, schematic image imbued with ideology, and bears a close relationship to Shahn’s work as an illustrator and poster designer...
The American artist-activist’s work resonates with a special sharpness these days, more than half a century after his death.
Artist: Ben Shahn, Lithuanian/American (1898 - 1969) Title: Memories of Many Nights of Love from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, printed signature (as issued) Edition Size: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in. (57.15 x 45.09 cm) Printer: Atelier Mourlot, New York Reference: Figure 131 from "The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn" by Kenneth W. Prescott
“Without the nonconformist, any society of whatever degree of perfection must fall into decay.”
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Ben Shahn - Third Allegory, 1955
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Beside the Dead from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in. (57.15 x 45.09 cm) Printer: Atelier Mourlot, New York Reference: Figure 135 in "The Complete Graphics Works of Ben Shahn" by Kenneth W. Prescott
Shahn was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, then occupied by the Russian Empire, to Jewish parents Joshua Hessel and Gittel (Lieberman) Shahn.
A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York chronicles the incredible impact Edith Halpert had on the cultural landscape of the U.S.
Ben Shahn's vision and desire to use his art to tell a story and to counter social and political justice have come to exemplify Social Realism.
This is an original art poster made by Ben Shahn, published in the 1950ties. Ben Shahn (1898 – 1969) was a Lithuanian-born 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. This piece is in it's original frame.
“Without the nonconformist, any society of whatever degree of perfection must fall into decay.”
Book cover design by Ben Shahn for Hawthorne's Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Vintage Books, c1946. PS1853 .H3 c.2
This colourful Bible art series is available as canvas prints. Some of the originals are also available, or you can commission a painting specially for you.
During the twentieth century’s Great Migration, the Hickmans were one among many African Americans families looking for affordable housing in Chicago. They were fleeing the sharecropping system of the rural South looking for the jobs, education and freedom promised by the industrialized North...
The Modern of Fort Worth has the mid-20th-century classic that presents a mythical creature to commemorate a real-life tragedy.
Here is Ben Shahn’s Maimonides, painted in 1954. “Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.” I’ve long believed that “not-knowing” is the proper mental state for making art, but I’m starting to think it’s the proper mental state for going about life in general. (As Mike Monteiro says, “The secret to
Shahn was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, then occupied by the Russian Empire, to Jewish parents Joshua Hessel and Gittel (Lieberman) Shahn.
