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.

4 comments:

Hels said...

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

Jane said...

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.

Hels said...

Jane

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

Jane A Librizzi said...

Hels, I look forward to eeading it!