06 January 2021

The Power of Art: Ben Shahn When We Need Him


Image: Ben Shahn - Breaking Reaction's Grip, offset lithographic print, 1946, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.

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4 comments:

  1. HelsJanuary 6, 2021 at 7:49 PM

    I loved the mural work Shahn did before the war, especially with the Federal support of the Works Progress Administration.

    Thanks for the link
    Hels
    https://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2014/01/narrative-history-in-murals-american.html

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  2. JaneJanuary 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM

    Hels, you can see the influence of the WPA style in this poster from 1946. There is a Ben Shahn mural of Sacco and Vanzetti on the side of a building on the cmapus of Syracuse University where I studied.

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  3. HelsJanuary 7, 2021 at 11:10 PM

    Jane

    You are not going to believe the timing :) My next post is about Sacco and Vanzetti, including a strong reference to Ben Shaun.

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  4. Jane A LibrizziJanuary 8, 2021 at 10:52 AM

    Hels, I look forward to eeading it!

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