Ben Shahn AKA Benjamin Shahn Born: 12-Sep-1898 Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania Died: 14-Mar-1969 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Roosevelt Cemetery, Roosevelt, NJ
Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Painter Nationality: United States Executive summary: American Social Realist painter Father: Joshua Hessel Shahn Mother: Gittel Lieberman Wife: Tillie Goldstein (m. 1922, d.,one daughter, one son, div.) Daughter: Judith Son: Ezra Wife: Bernarda Bryson (m. 1935, two daughters, one son) Daughter: Susanna Son: Jonathan Daughter: Abigail
University: City College of New York (1922) University: National Academy of Design (1922) University: New York University (1919-20)
Is the subject of books:
Ben Shahn, 1993, BY: Frances K. Pohl
Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn, 1998, BY: Susan Cherlowe et al.
Ben Shahn: An Artist's Life, 1998, BY: Howard Greenfeld
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