movement death_date death_place influenced birth_place training nationality name field birth_date spouse works image article_title birth_name bgcolour
social realism 14 march 1969 new york city , new york , united states stephen antonakos , andy warhol kaunas , russian empire -lrb- present-day lithuania -rrb- lithographer of new york and at the national academy of design 's apprentice , art student at city college lithuanian american ben shahn painting writing and teaching , illustration , graphic art , photography , 12 september 1898 tillie divorced -rrb- bernarda bryson -lrb- m. 1935 ; 3 children goldstein -rrb- -lrb- m. 1924 ; 2 children ; '' jersey homesteads mural '' nicola sacco & bartolomeo '' series and '' ben shahn artist.jpg ben shahn
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ben shahn

ben shahn -lrb- september 12 , 1898 -- march 14 , 1969 -rrb- 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 '' .
