Benzion, Weinman

Writer, painter, printmaker, sculptor

Born Staryi Konstantin,1897

Died New York, 23 January 1987

Ben-Zion immigrated to the U.S. in 1920 and settled in New York. He joined “The Ten,” a group of young artists, who strived to create something new in art in the 1940s. When he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first. Ben-Zion taught painting at Cooper Union between the years 1943 and 1950 and during the summer session at Ball State University in 1956. He was a member of the American Artists Congress and United American Artists. In the 1950's, he began working with welded iron sculpture. He also wrote essays on symbolism and insight in art.

1952

1978