About Horace Pippin
self-taught paintings of war, faith and domestic life, made with a sniper-wounded arm propped by his opposite hand
Where to see Horace Pippin
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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8 works
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, United States
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8 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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3 works
Brandywine Museum of Art
Chadds Ford Township, United States
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1 works
Cincinnati Art Museum
Eden Park, United States
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1 works
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
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1 works
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown Manhattan, United States
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1 works
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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1 works
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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1 works
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
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1 works
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Swartwout Building, United States
Horace Pippin prints
Hand-finished archival prints from Horace Pippin's body of work.
Christmas Morning Breakfast - Horace Pippin
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Self-Portrait - Horace Pippin
From £28.00
Zachariah - Horace Pippin
From £37.00
West Chester, Pennsylvania - Horace Pippin
From £37.00
Cabin In The Cotton III - Horace Pippin
From £37.00
Birmingham Meeting House III - Horace Pippin
From £37.00
Holy Mountain II - Horace Pippin
From £37.00
John Brown Going To His Hanging - Horace Pippin
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1 works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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1 works
RISD Museum
Providence, United States
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1 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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1 works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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1 works
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Old Patent Office Building, United States
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See all Horace Pippin prints →Frequently Asked Questions
Where did Horace Pippin study art?
As a boy in Goshen, New York, Horace Pippin won a box of crayons in a competition sponsored by an art supplier, but that was the extent of his formal art education.Where did Horace Pippin grow up?
Horace Pippin was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1888, but he spent his boyhood in Goshen, New York.Where did Horace Pippin live?
After serving in the war, Horace Pippin settled back in West Chester, Pennsylvania.Horace Pippin facts?
Horace Pippin enlisted in the army under a false name and served in France with the 369th Infantry, known as the Harlem Hellfighters.Who was Horace Pippin?
Horace Pippin was an American painter born in 1888; his grandparents had been enslaved.When did Horace Pippin start painting?
Horace Pippin began painting in the early 1930s after settling back in West Chester following his military service.What is Horace Pippin known for?
Horace Pippin is known for producing roughly 140 works over twenty years, ranging from war memories to biblical scenes, and domestic interiors.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Horace Pippin's works across the following collections.
- [1] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa _ba crash course in art history from prehistoric to post-modern _cCarol Strickland and John Boswell Used for: biography.
- [2] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa _ba crash course in art history from prehistoric to post-modern _cCarol Strickland and John Boswell_1 Used for: biography.
- [3] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa _ba crash course in art history from prehistoric to post-modern _cCarol Strickland and John Boswell_2 Used for: biography.
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