Ben Shahn

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf artist
painter
gptkbp:artMovement Modern art
Social realism
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Brooklyn_College
gptkb:The_New_School
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:The_Jewish_Museum
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Art_Students_League_of_New_York
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Arts
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-09-12
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Lithuania
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Shahn
Judith Shahn
gptkbp:deathDate 1969-03-14
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Contemporary art
Documentary photography
Public art
Art education
Community art projects
Political art
Cultural criticism
Art and politics
Social commentary in art
Art activism
Activist_art
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ben Shahn
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jasper_Johns
gptkb:Andy_Warhol
gptkb:Robert_Rauschenberg
gptkbp:influencedBy European_modernism
American_regionalism
gptkbp:knownFor photography
social realism
graphic art
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Mural_of_the_New_Deal
gptkb:The_Jewish_Museum
gptkb:The_Passion_of_Sacco_and_Vanzetti
gptkb:The_New_York_World’s_Fair
The Story of the Tenement
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bernice_Shahn