Horace Pippin taught himself to paint after a World War I injury damaged his right arm. His scenes of domestic life, war, religion and American history use flattened space, dark contour and concentrated narrative detail.
Painting
Works in Collections
Cabin in the Cotton
c. 1931–37 · Oil on cotton, mounted on Masonite
51 × 85 cm (20 × 33 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago →
Major Works
- 1941Self-Portrait
- 1943Domino Players
- 1942John Brown Going to His Hanging
- 1942Giving Thanks
- 1944The Holy Mountain I
- 1943Mr. Prejudice
- 1940Christ and the Woman of Samaria
- 1944Interior
- 1945The Barracks
- 1940Supper Time
Interviews & Writing
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