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Born June 27, 1913 • Montreal • Canada
Died June 7, 1980 (aged 66) • Woodstock • New York
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism • Action painting

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Ben Shahn, 1966.
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Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware
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