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Horace Pippin
American artist
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Arts & Culture
- Born:
- February 22, 1888, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died:
- July 6, 1946, West Chester (aged 58)
- Movement / Style:
- outsider art
- Role In:
- World War I
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. Pippin’s childhood was spent in Goshen, New York, a town that sometimes appears in his paintings. There he drew horses at the local racetrack and, according to his own account, painted biblical scenes on frayed pieces of muslin. He was variously employed as an ironworker, junk dealer, and porter, until World War I, when he served in the infantry. He was wounded in 1918 and discharged ...(100 of 308 words)