Bernarda bryson shahn biography of martin
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Bernarda Bryson Shahn
American painter and lithographer (1903–2004)
Bernarda Bryson Shahn (March 7, 1903 – December 12, 2004)[1] was an American painter and lithographer.
She also wrote and illustrated children's books including The Zoo of Zeus and Gilgamesh. The artist Ben Shahn was her "life companion" and they married in 1969, shortly before his death.[1]
Personal life
Bernarda Bryson was born in Athens, Ohio, where her father owned the Athens Morning Journal and her mother was a Latin professor.[2] Both of her parents were politically active and liberal.[2] Her maternal grandfather was also politically active, with his home a stop on the underground railroad.[3] In Ohio, she studied art, including etching, and art history at several schools including Ohio University, Ohio State University, and the Cleveland School of Art, and learned lithography from a friend.[2] She married young, divorced, an