The people's painter: how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art
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| Grouping Title | peoples painter how ben shahn fought for justice with art |
| Grouping Author | cynthia levinson |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-03-31 05:08:36AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-05-11 05:19:24AM |
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Turk, Evan
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""The first thing I can remember," Ben said, "I drew." As an observant young child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees-and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too. So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings with him both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's right. As he grows, he speaks for justice through his art-from challenging classmates who bully him for being Jewish, to resisting his teachers' calls to paint beautiful landscapes in favor of painting stories true to life, to using his work to urge the US government to pass Depression-era laws that help people find food and security. In this moving and timely portrait, award-winning author and illustrator Cynthia Levinson and Evan Turk honor an artist, immigrant, and activist whose work still resonates today: a true painter for the people"--
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JB SHAHN
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Wake County Public Libraries
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9781419741302
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2021
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
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Biographies
Painters -- United States
Painters -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Shahn, Ben, -- 1898-1969
Shahn, Ben, -- 1898-1969 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Social justice in art
Social justice in art -- Juvenile literature
Painters -- United States
Painters -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Shahn, Ben, -- 1898-1969
Shahn, Ben, -- 1898-1969 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Social justice in art
Social justice in art -- Juvenile literature
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The people's painter : how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art
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The people's painter : how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art / by Cynthia Levinson ; pictures by Evan Turk
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The people's painter
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how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art
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Painters
Shahn, Ben
Social justice in art
Shahn, Ben
Social justice in art
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