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Ben Shahn

1898 - 1969

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Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was an American artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Shahn has received more than 338,250 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ben Shahn is the 1,148th most popular painter (up from 1,464th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 124th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lithuanian Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ben Shahn ranks 1,148 out of 2,023. Before him are Zoran Mušič, Angelina Beloff, Barent Fabritius, Timarete, Huang Gongwang, and Johannes Lingelbach. After him are Cornelis Schut, Eugène Isabey, Pamphilus, E. H. Shepard, Boccaccio Boccaccino, and Rafael Arnaiz Barón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ben Shahn ranks 126. Before him are Irene Dunne, Benjamin Fondane, Vilhelm Moberg, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, and Lucius D. Clay. After him are Ira Sprague Bowen, Ada Blackjack, Walther von Hünersdorff, Leopold Okulicki, Pavel Urysohn, and Helen B. Taussig. Among people deceased in 1969, Ben Shahn ranks 108. Before him are Johannes Dieckmann, Nicolas Grunitzky, Maureen Connolly, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Josef Beran, and Angelina Beloff. After him are Abdirashid Shermarke, Jan Zajíc, Iskander Mirza, José María Arguedas, Gerhard Mitter, and Madhubala.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Ben Shahn ranks 87 out of 328. Before him are Tomas Venclova (1937), Al Jolson (1886), Ieronim Uborevich (1896), Antanas Sniečkus (1903), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), and Bernard Berenson (1865). After him are Andrius Kubilius (1956), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), Vydūnas (1868), Morta (1210), Raphael Kalinowski (1835), and Klara Zamenhof (1863).

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Among PAINTERS In Lithuania

Among painters born in Lithuania, Ben Shahn ranks 6. Before him are Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Isaac Levitan (1860), Jacques Lipchitz (1891), George Maciunas (1931), and Varvara Stepanova (1894). After him are Yehuda Pen (1854), Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), and Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836).

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