Pre WW II
North American Art

North American Art
before World War II

Ben Shahn

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  Ben Shahn
Benjamin Shahn

born: Kaunas, Russia [now Lithuania]; 12 September 1898
died: New York, NY, US; 14 March 1969

Shahn emigrated with his family to New York City in 1906.

In 1913–17 he was a lithographer's apprentice while attending high school at night. He later attended New York University, City College of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York.

In 1925 and 1927 he toured Europe examining the works of the old European masters.

In 1931-32 Shahn's created his first major work: a series of paintings of the trial of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti.

After Titian	Ohio Magic	Man by the Tracks
Myself when Young	E and 12th Street	Handball
Chicago Jazz	Four Piece Orchestra	Red Stair
Liberation 1945	Father and Child 1946	Anger 1953
Bootleggers 1934	Removed for Restoration	March for Repeal 1934

pre WW II
North American Art