Common Man, Mythic Vision – The Paintings of Ben Shahn - Hardcover

Chevlowe, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691004064 ISBN 13: 9780691004068

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Ben Shahn (1898-1969) has long been renowned for his Social Realist paintings of Depression-era America. Equally striking, however, are Shahn's extraordinary later works, which reveal a more introspective style as well as the evolution of a new allegorical and mythical pictorial language. The book combines reproductions of Shahn's art with essays by leading experts on his life and career to present a survey of his powerful and engaging mature style. The volume is published in conjunction with a major travelling exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum, New York, to commemorate the centenary of Shahn's birth. The book contains more than 100 illustrations, including 32 in colour.

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About the Author

Susan Chevlowe is Associate Curator at The Jewish Museum in New York. Diana L. Linden is Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History at Pomona College. Frances K. Pohl is Associate Professor of Art History at Pomona College and author of Ben Shahn: New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, 1947-1952, and Ben Shahn. Stephen Polcari is New York Director of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and the author of Abstract Expressionism and the Modern Experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691004064
• ISBN 13: 9780691004068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214