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Horace Pippin
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Fan account of Horace Pippin, a self-taught African-American painter.
1888-1946
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Domino Players https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/domino-players-1943
Domino Players
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Cabin in the Cotton https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111617/
The self-taught artist Horace Pippin began painting as a means of therapy, hoping to regain the mobility of his right arm, which had been injured in World War I. He became one of the most celebrated African American artists of the mid-twentieth century, as critics acclaimed the power and authenticity of his “primitive” style. Cabin in the Cotton, the painting that brought him to the attention of the art world, displays Pippin’s vivid, saturated palette and feeling for intense pattern. Living in Pennsylvania, Pippin may have seen cotton fields during visits to relatives in the South, but it is more likely that he drew on popular culture for inspiration. The way of life in the rural South enjoyed a great vogue in the 1930s, with the premiere of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess in 1935 and the publication of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind in 1936. In particular, the painting’s composition recalls the opening and closing sequences of the 1932 film Cabin in the Cotton, starring Bette Davis. In that year, both Bing Crosby and Cab Calloway made recordings of a song titled “Cabin in the Cotton.” In 1937 Christian Brinton, an influential art critic, and N. C. Wyeth, the famous illustrator, discovered Cabin in the Cotton in the window of a shoe-repair shop in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and convinced Pippin to begin exhibiting. Newspapers then widely reported that the actor Charles Laughton had purchased the painting, prompting other celebrities and art collectors, as well as museums, to acquire Pippin’s work, which assured his lasting fame. Restricted gift in memory of Frances W. Pick from her children Thomas F. Pick and Mary P. Hines
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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The Old Mill https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/the-old-mill-1930
The Old Mill
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Cabin in the Cotton https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/cabin-in-the-cotton-1935
Cabin in the Cotton
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Self-Portrait II https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482605
Bequest of Jane Kendall Gingrich, 1982
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Roses With Red Chair https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/roses-with-red-chair-1940
Roses With Red Chair
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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The Artist's Wife https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/the-artist-s-wife-1936
The Artist's Wife
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Victorian Parlor Still Life https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/victorian-parlor-still-life-1945
Victorian Parlor Still Life
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Dog Fight Over The Trenches https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/dog-fight-over-the-trenches-1935
Dog Fight Over The Trenches
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Christmas Morning Breakfast https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/christmas-morning-breakfast
Christmas Morning Breakfast
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Victory Garden https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/victory-garden-1943
Victory Garden
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Deep Are The Roots https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/deep-are-the-roots-1945
Deep Are The Roots
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Sleepers https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482601
Bequest of Jane Kendall Gingrich, 1982
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The Hoe Cake https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/the-hoe-cake-1946
The Hoe Cake
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Abe Lincoln's First Book https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/abe-lincoln-s-first-book-1944
Abe Lincoln's First Book
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Harmonizing https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/harmonizing-1944
Harmonizing
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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After Supper https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482606
Bequest of Jane Kendall Gingrich, 1982
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Quaker Mother And Child https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/quaker-mother-and-child-1944
Quaker Mother And Child
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Abe Lincoln, The Good Samaritan https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/abe-lincoln-the-good-samaritan-1943
Abe Lincoln, The Good Samaritan
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The Squirrel Hunter https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/the-squirrel-hunter-1940
The Squirrel Hunter
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Family Supper https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482602
Bequest of Jane Kendall Gingrich, 1982
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Birmingham Meeting House III https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/birmingham-meeting-house-iii-1941
Birmingham Meeting House III
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Interior https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/interior-1944
Interior
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Study For The Barracks https://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/study-for-the-barracks-1945
Study For The Barracks
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Holy Mountain IV https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482600
Bequest of Jane Kendall Gingrich, 1982
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM