Ben Shahn
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Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898–March 14 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 lecture published as The Shape of Content.
Shahn was born in Kovno (Kaunas), Russian Empire, to Joshua Hessel and Gittel (Lieberman) Shahn. His father was exiled to Siberia for alleged revolutionary activities in 1902 at which point Shahn, his mother, and his three younger siblings moved to Vilkomir (Ukmergė). In...
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