The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
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Cynthia Levinson., Cynthia Levinson|AUTHOR., & Evan Turk|ILLUSTRATOR. (2021). The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art . Abrams.

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Cynthia Levinson, Cynthia Levinson|AUTHOR and Evan Turk|ILLUSTRATOR. 2021. The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art. Abrams.

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Cynthia Levinson, Cynthia Levinson|AUTHOR and Evan Turk|ILLUSTRATOR. The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art Abrams, 2021.

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Cynthia Levinson, Cynthia Levinson|AUTHOR, and Evan Turk|ILLUSTRATOR. The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art Abrams, 2021.

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    [synopsis] => A lyrically told, exquisitely illustrated biography of influential Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn

"The first thing I can remember," Ben said, "I drew."

As an observant child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees-and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too.

So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's right. As he grows, he speaks for justice through his art-by disarming classmates who bully him because he's Jewish, by defying his teachers' insistence that he paint beautiful landscapes rather than true stories, by urging the US government to pass Depression-era laws to help people find food and jobs.

In this moving and timely portrait, award-winning author Cynthia Levinson and illustrator Evan Turk honor an artist, immigrant, and activist whose work still resonates today: a true painter for the people.

Since she doesn't draw or paint, Cynthia Levinson tells true stories about brave people, like Ben Shahn, and the injustices they've faced through words. She loves doing research, which has allowed her not only to visit Shahn's studio but also to walk with foot soldiers of the civil rights movement, fall off a tightwire, and read letters housed in a condemned building surrounded by yellow police tape. Cynthia's books for young readers have won many awards. She lives in Austin and Boston. Evan Turk is an Ezra Jack Keats Book Award—winning illustrator, author, and animator. He is the author-illustrator of The Storyteller, Heartbeat, You are Home: An Ode to the National Parks, and A Thousand Glass Flowers. He also illustrated Grandfather Gandhi and Muddy, a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in the Hudson River Valley with his husband and two cats. He is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and continues his studies through Dalvero Academy.
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