SHAHN, BEN — (1898–1969), U.S. painter and printmaker. Born in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, he was taken to the United States at the age of eight. He studied lithography and for many years supported himself and his family by means of commercial lithography. A… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shahn, Ben — ▪ American artist byname of Benjamin Shahn born September 12, 1898, Kaunas, Russia [now in Lithuania] died March 14, 1969, New York, New York, U.S. American painter and graphic artist whose work, displaying a combination of realism and… … Universalium
Shahn, Ben — (1898 1969) Born in Lithuania, Ben Shahn immigrated to the United States with his family in 1906 and settled in Brooklyn, New York. He trained as a typographer and studied at New York University from 1919 to 1921, City College of New York in… … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
Shahn, Ben(jamin) — born Sept. 12, 1898, Kaunas, Russia died March 14, 1969, New York, N.Y., U.S. Lithuanian born U.S. 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… … Universalium
Shahn, Ben(jamin) — (12 sep. 1898, Kaunas, Rusia–14 mar. 1969, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.). Pintor y artista gráfico estadounidense de origen lituano. Su familia emigró a la ciudad de Nueva York en 1906. De joven, trabajó como aprendiz de litógrafo y posteriormente… … Enciclopedia Universal
Shahn, Ben — (1898 1969) American painter and graphic artist. He was born in Kovno, Lithuania. He settled in the US, but later travelled to Europe and North Africa. He made an early series of paintings based on the Dreyfus Affair. His later works include… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Shahn, Ben — ► (1898 1969) Pintor estadounidense. Autor de Mujeres de mineros … Enciclopedia Universal
Shahn — Shahn, Ben … Enciclopedia Universal
Shahn — Ben Shahn (* 12. September 1898 in Kaunas, Litauen; † 14. März 1969 in New York City, New York) war ein US amerikanischer Maler und Grafiker und gilt als ein Vertreter des sozialen Realismus, einer Richtung des Amerikanischen Realismus. Er trat… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ben Shahn — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #6495ED name = Ben Shahn imagesize = 200px caption = Ben Shahn, poster for the US Department of War Information, 1943 birthname = Benjamin Shahn birthdate = September 12, 1898 location = Kovno, Lithuania deathdate =… … Wikipedia
