Ben Benn Art

Genre: Modern Subject: People Medium: Acrylic Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 20" x 24" Scene of a family leisurely gathering together in a park to picnic and enjoying their day by the artist Ben Benn. Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884-1983) Ben Benn, a Russian-born American still-life and Post Impressionist landscape painter who was part of the first generation of artists in America to try to digest the lessons of Cubism Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionist style, Benn “seems always to have been a ‘subject’ painter. Considering this, it is remarkable that he remained visible at all during the 50’s and early 60’s, when prejudice against the representational amounted nearly to a proscription of it.” Benn’s prominence in the art world over 6 decades was reaffirmed at a 90th birthday show at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington , D.C. in 1974. Benn was born Benjamin Rosenberg in the town of Kamenets Podolsk in the Russian empire in 1884. This town was the regional capital of an area in what is today, SW Ukraine, and was historically known as Podolia. the Rosenberg family chose, along with thousands of others, to immigrate from Podolia to the United States in 1894 or 1899. “Between 1904 and 1908 Benn attended the National Academy of Design and he studied at the Arts Students League In New York City. He spent most of his career in New York City including memberships with the American Society of Painters and Sculptors, American Artists Congress and the Woodstock Artist Association. Academy curriculum stressed portraiture built up with broad, painterly brushstrokes, a technique that remained the foundation of Benn’s style. In his first group show, in 1913, he exhibited with Max Weber and Man Ray. By the mid teens his canvases were bolder in color and more decorative in style. In 1916, Benn participated in the important "Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters...

Born in Bialystok, Poland. His full name is Benzion Rabinowicz. His grandfather was a Rabbi and his father was an architect. Benn was a Jewish-Polish painter and graphic artist. After studying at the Academy of Arts in Warsaw he made his debut in 1927 with his first solo exhibition. During this time he designed the typography for various collections of Yiddish poetry. After being very active in the 1920's and 30's in the Polish theater scene as well as being the founder of the modernist group "3F", he went to Paris to study with Fernand Leger. After the German occupation of France in 1940 he went into hiding. After being denounced he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp but miraculously survived the war. He returned to Paris and in the post-war years he developed his own style of metaphysical painting techniques and surrealism. Later in his life Benn also was active in book design and contributed illustrations for various books of the Bible...

The Wooden Fruit Bowl" on a striped tablecloth or blanket. This painting was featured on the postcard that accompanied the show at Madison Gallery an...

Artist: Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Farm Lane Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 18.5 x 12 in. (46.99 x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: ...

Modernist fruit still life by Ben Benn (1884 - 1983). Oil on board, circa 1929. Signed lower left. Displayed in a modernist frame. Image size, 16"L x 12"H.

Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Portrait of a Lady Year: circa 1920 Medium: Oil on Linen, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 c...

Oil on canvas painting by the Russian/ American artist, Ben Benn. Signed and dated lower left 1950. In excellent original condition. Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia estate. Framed in ...

Signed and dated lower right 1930 Ben Benn (1884-1983) Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into ...

Genre: Modern Subject: People Medium: Acrylic Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 20" x 24" Scene of a family leisurely gathering together in a park to picnic and e...

Here is a well executed oil on artist board painting by the artist Ben Benn. Signed and dated lower right, 1949. Gallery frame 15 x 13 inches. Provenance: Daniel E. Lewitt Fine Art...

Artist: Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Summer Afternoon Medium: Oil on Canvas Board, signed l.r. Size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 ...

"Still Life with Apples" is an oil on canvas painting by the Polish artist, Benn. Signed lower left and is in excellent original condition. No restorations. Housed in gold leaf fram...