Horace Pippin (February 22, 1888 – July 6, 1946) was an American painter who painted a range of themes, including scenes inspired by his service in World War I, landscapes, portraits, and biblical subjects.

Horace Pippin (born February 22, 1888, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 6, 1946, West Chester) was an American folk painter known for his depictions of African American life and of the horrors of war.

2017年9月29日 · Carl van Vechten, Horace Pippin, 1940, photograph, Downtown Gallery records, 1824–1974, bulk 1926–1969, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

2025年2月4日 · It took Horace Pippin 43 years to complete his first oil painting. Why so long? Because poverty, hard physical work, war, and disabilities got in his way. Yet, all the negative experiences didn’t diminish his passion for drawing and at the age of 50 this passion eventually paid off. Here is the story of how Horace Pippin became famous.

2006年6月12日 · One he overlooked was artist Horace Pippin, who found his first subjects — and suffered the grievous wounds that paved the way for his brief but illustrious career — in the trenches of France in 1918.

A military veteran wounded during World War I, Pippin was a self-taught African American painter who attracted attention amid the national fascination with “folk,” “primitive,” and “naïve” art in the late 1930s and 1940s.

2008年7月2日 · Horace Pippin, a soldier in World War I and later a painter, was born on February 22nd, 1888 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, but his family moved to Goshen, New York when he was three. His grandparents were slaves, and his parents worked as domestics. Pippin attended public schools and therefore segregated schools while living in New York.

Horace Pippin and Purvis Young, as self-taught artists, tapped the spiritual and social underpinnings of their communities. Portraits and documentary images have dominated the subject matter of modern black photographers.

Horace Pippin (1888-1946) was one of America's principal African American artists and among the foremost primitive painters of the 20th century. Horace Pippin was born in West Chester, Pa. According to his own account, he began to make pictures at the age of 7.

Horace Pippin was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1888, to Horace and Harriet Johnson Pippin; his grandparents had been slaves. When he was two years old, his family moved to Goshen, New York. Pippin began to draw at an early age and in 1898 won a box of crayons in a contest sponsored by an art supplier.