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Horace Pippin

Contemporary artist discusses Horace Pippin as a so-called "outsider" artist and the importance of his perspective into every-day American life

Josiah McElheny on Horace Pippin

by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Horace Pippin, Mr. Prejudice, 1943. oil on canvas, 46 x 35.9 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art) — A black painter confronts white supremacy amidst the two world wars.

Horace Pippin, Mr. Prejudice

by Jessica T. Smith, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Dr. Steven Zucker

Horace Pippin, Mr. Prejudice, 1943. oil on canvas, 46 x 35.9 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art) — African Americans' ongoing fight against racism in the U.S. undermined the sense of victory in both world wars.

Horace Pippin, Mr. Prejudice

by Jessica T. Smith, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Dr. Steven Zucker