Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Bernarda Bryson Shahn in 1960
Born
Bernarda Bryson

(1903-03-07)March 7, 1903
Athens, Ohio, US
DiedDecember 12, 2004(2004-12-12) (aged 101)
Roosevelt, New Jersey, US
Known forPainting, Lithography, Illustration
SpouseBen Shahn (m. 1935; 3 children)

Bernarda Bryson Shahn (March 7, 1903 December 12, 2004) 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.