I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.
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I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.
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| Birth: | 12th September, 1898 |
| Death: | 14th March, 1969 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Painter, Photographer |
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Ben Shahn 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 lectures published as The Shape of Content. In 1906, the family immigrated to the United States where they rejoined Hessel, who had fled Siberia. They settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, where two more siblings were born. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went on to pursue art at City College in 1921 and then at the National Academy of Design. He also worked for these agencies as a graphic artist and painter.
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