- Shahn
- biographical name Ben 1898-1969 American (Lithuanian-born) painter
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SHAHN (B.) — SHAHN BENJAMIN dit BEN (1898 1969) Peintre lituanien israélite qui, en 1906, émigre à New York avec sa famille. De 1913 à 1917, Ben Shahn est apprenti chez un lithographe et suit des cours le soir. Il fréquente de 1919 à 1922 l’université et le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Shahn — /shahn/, n. Ben, 1898 1969, U.S. painter, born in Lithuania. * * * … Universalium
Shahn — Shahn, Ben … Enciclopedia Universal
Shahn — [ʃɑːn], Ben, amerikanischer Maler, Grafiker und Fotograf litauischer Herkunft, * Kaunas 12. 9. 1898, ✝ New York 14. 3. 1969; lebte ab 1906 in den USA. In seinen sozialkritischen Zeichnungen, Drucken, Bildern und Wandfresken verbindet sich eine… … Universal-Lexikon
Shahn — [shän] Ben(jamin) 1898 1969; U.S. painter, born in Lithuania … English World dictionary
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
Shahn — noun United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898 1969) • Syn: ↑Ben Shahn, ↑Benjamin Shahn • Instance Hypernyms: ↑painter * * * /shahn/, n. Ben, 1898 1969, U.S. painter, born in Lithuania. * * * [shän] Ben(jamin)… … Useful english dictionary
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,Benjamin — Shahn (shän), Benjamin. Known as “Ben.” 1898 1969. Lithuanian born American artist whose works, such as The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti (1931 1932), reflect social and political themes. * * * … Universalium
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
