Ben Benn Art
Polish, 1905-1989
Ben Benn’s prominence in the art world over six decades was reaffirmed at a 90th birthday show at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. in 1974. Benn had many solo exhibitions during his lifetime, including one at the Jewish Museum in 1965. His works are in many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney and Hirshhorn Museum.
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Artist: Ben Benn
"Still Life with Flowers" American Modern Colorful Oil Painting on Canvas 1936
By Ben Benn
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1936 by Russian-American painter Ben Benn. With a highly recognizable modern style, fast brush stroke and expressive use of color, shape, ...
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1930s American Modern Ben Benn Art
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"Woodstock, New York"
By Ben Benn
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on artist board painting by the Russian/American artist Ben Benn. Signed lower right and signed titled and dated in pencil verso. 1929. Overall in custom contemporary ...
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1920s Fauvist Ben Benn Art
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Red, Green, and Blue Modern Abstract Figurative Female Nude Painting
By Ben Benn
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and green modern abstract female nude by Russian artist, Ben Benn. This painting depicts a nude woman with her lower body wrapped in a...
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20th Century Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
23rd and 2nd Ave painting by Ben Benn 1924
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: 23rd and 2nd Ave, New York City
Year: 1924
Medium: Oil on board, signed l.r.
Size: 14 x 11.5 in. (35.56 x 29.21 cm)
Frame Size:...
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1920s American Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
Oil
"Still Life with Fruits" Russian-American Modern Colorful Oil Painting on Board
By Ben Benn
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1927 by Russian-American painter Ben Benn. With a highly recognizable modern style, fast brush stroke and expressive use of color, shape, ...
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1920s American Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Modernist Family Outing with Dog (Picnic in the Park) Ben Benn Oil Painting WPA
By Ben Benn
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Ben Benn Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boy Feeding Birds, Oil Painting by Ben Benn 1946
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: Boy with Doves
Year: 1946
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.44 cm)
Benn Benn was a pio...
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1940s Modern Ben Benn Art
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Oil
"Woman with Flowers"
By Ben Benn
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the famous Russian/American artist Ben Benn. Signed lower right and dated 1962. In fine original condition . Overall in contemporary gold gilt frame 48 by...
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1960s Post-Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
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Self-Portrait, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: Self-Portrait
Year: circa 1920
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 44 x 30 in. (111.76 x 76.2 cm)
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1920s Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
Oil
Roof Top, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: Roof Top
Year: circa 1920
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 33.5 x 27.5 inche...
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1920s American Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
Oil
Dove of Peace Limoges plate
By Ben Benn
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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1960s Folk Art Ben Benn Art
Materials
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People in the Woods, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: People in the Woods
Year: 1917
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 39 x 30 i...
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1910s American Impressionist Ben Benn Art
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Oil
Farm Lane, Watercolor Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
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: ...
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1920s American Impressionist Ben Benn Art
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Watercolor
Seated Nude, Pastel Drawing on Paper by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: 1923
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 ...
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1920s Modern Ben Benn Art
Materials
Pastel
Dancing Girls
By Ben Benn
Located in Sheffield, MA
Ben Benn
American, 1884-1983
Dancing Girls
Oil on board
14 ½ by 21 in, w/ frame 21 ½ by 28 in
Studied:
The Art Student League in NYC; National Academy of Design, 1904-1908.
Membe...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Ben Benn Art
Materials
Oil
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