Shahn

American  

[shahn] / ʃɑn /

noun

1. Ben, 1898–1969, U.S. painter, born in Lithuania.

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Shahn British  

/ ʃɑːn /

noun

1. Ben. 1898–1969, US artist, born in Lithuania, best known as an exponent of social realism, especially in the series (1931–32) inspired by the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti

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Example Sentences

“We know he’s capable of doing things without approval,” said Katzman, who wrote an official brochure about the Ben Shahn murals in one of the buildings in the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Grace was a fun, friendly, kind-hearted and passionate individual who loved to make films and make people laugh," Shahn Devendran told Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald.

From BBC

In 1957, the American artist Ben Shahn, a hero of Chase-Riboud’s, bought her first bronze sculpture, a work comprising a realist human form presented atop a complex abstract base.

From New York Times

Shahn, the relentless chronicler of American labor, was influenced by Rivera’s densely packed scenes.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early 1940s, the artist Ben Shahn created a painting for the Office of War Information with images depicting suppression, starvation, slavery, torture and murder.

From New York Times