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Horace Pippin drew and painted from an early age, but as the eldest son in a working-class African American family he was not afforded the luxury of pursuing an education or career in art. Instead, beginning at age fourteen he worked a series of menial jobs to help support his family until he enlisted as a soldier in World War I. There, he sketched and recorded what he saw. When he was shot in the right shoulder, he sustained an injury so grave that he was discharged fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horace Pippin created dozens of paintings, based on memories from his childhood and experiences in World War I, stories his grandmother had told,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More