Ben Benn had addresses in NYC from 1894-on. He studied at the Arts Students League and at the National Academy of Design, 1904-1908. His first important exhibition was the Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters, 1916.

He had solo shows in NYC at the Neumann Gal., 1925; 
four at the Babcock Gal., 1963-70. 
He also exhibited at Columbia Univ.,1927; 
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1927-50;
Corcoran Gal.,1932, 1957; 
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1942, 1952, 
and was awarded a medal that year, 
the PAFA’s 147th Annual Exhibition, and another in 1966; 
"The Decade of the Armory Show: 
New Directions in American Art, 1910-1920,
"WMAA’s traveling exhibition, 1963-64;
 and many more important exhibitions of American Moderism.

His work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art; The Whitney; Newark Mus.; Baltimore Mus.; Albany Institute of Art, NY; Butler Art Inst., Youngstown, Ohio; Knoxville Art Center; University of Minnesota; among others

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