Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene

by Diana Linden

A study of Ben Shahn's New Deal murals (1933-43) in the context of American Jewish history, labor history, and public discourse.

Lithuanian-born artist Ben Shahn learned fresco painting as an assistant to Diego Rivera in the 1930s and created his own visually powerful, technically sophisticated, and stylistically innovative artworks as part of the New Deal Arts Project's national mural program. In Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814339832
• ISBN13: 9780814339831
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.3" x 8.3"