Still Life

Ben Shahn, artist

1898–1969

Still Life, circa 1929

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: oil; canvas

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 44.7 x 36.5 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 17 5/8 x 14 3/8 in

Credit line: Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D.

Accession number: 1999.0182

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Ben Shahn was born in Kovno, Lithuania, and immigrated with his family to New York at the age of six. After finishing elementary school, he was an apprentice for a lithographer. He studied biology at New York University and studied art at City College and the National Academy of Design. This delightful still life of flowers in a vase may have been painted prior to October 29, 1929, or “Black Thursday,” when news of a major stock market crash triggered the global economic downturn known as the Great Depression. During the 1930s Shahn began to incorporate his political views into his art.