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Ben Shahn

1898 - 1969

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Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. Born Benjamin Shahn in Kaunas, modern-day Lithuania and then part of the Russian Empire, in 1898, he emigrated with his family to the United States in 1906 following his father’s exile to Siberia for suspected revolutionary activity. Settling in Brooklyn, Shahn initially trained as a lithographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Shahn is the 1,714th most popular painter (down from 1,148th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 87th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Lithuanian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ben Shahn ranks 1,714 out of 2,023. Before him are Andrea Benetti, Cecilia Beaux, Ștefan Luchian, Christian Wilhelm Allers, Cornelis Bloemaert, and Vadym Meller. After him are Clive Bell, Jenny Holzer, Josef Danhauser, Boris Grigoriev, Mordecai Ardon, and Hendrik Voogd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ben Shahn ranks 207. Before him are Preston Sturges, Félix Sesúmaga, Hal Brown, Harry Patch, Harry Watson, and David Toro. After him are Valentín Paz-Andrade, Clemente Biondetti, Ernst Ahl, Jascha Horenstein, Rosa Chacel, and Zhu Ziqing. Among people deceased in 1969, Ben Shahn ranks 173. Before him are Stijn Streuvels, Manuel Plaza, Ture Nerman, José Piendibene, Gisela Arendt, and Julius Saaristo. After him are Marek Hłasko, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, André Gaboriaud, Jim Bellamy, Paul Scherrer, and Camille Mandrillon.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Ben Shahn ranks 148 out of 328. Before him are Kārlis Zāle (1888), Władysław Komar (1940), Isaak Kikoin (1908), Osip Senkovsky (1800), Irena Degutienė (1949), and Bohdan Paczyński (1940). After him are Źmitrok Biadula (1886), Regimantas Adomaitis (1937), Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Vladas Mironas (1880), Mykolas Biržiška (1882), and Antanas Baranauskas (1835).

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Among PAINTERS In Lithuania

Among painters born in Lithuania, Ben Shahn ranks 8. Before him are Isaac Levitan (1860), Jacques Lipchitz (1891), George Maciunas (1931), Varvara Stepanova (1894), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), and Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851). After him are Yehuda Pen (1854).

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