A Real and Rare Genius: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin In-Person
Join Jennifer L. Green, Director of Education at the Chester County History Center, to learn about esteemed local artist, Horace Pippin.
Whether discussing his art or his life, Horace Pippin defies definition. Born in West Chester in 1888 before growing up in New York, Horace Pippin returned to the town of his birth when he married Jennie Wade Giles in 1920. The course of his life was deeply influenced by grievous emotional and physical wounds he received during service in World War I, which inspired him to express his pain through his entirely self-taught art. Between 1938 and his death in 1946, Pippin earned worldwide recognition for his folk art style and powerful use of color, leading art critic Alain Locke to describe this Chester County artist as "a real and rare genius."
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A Real and Rare Genius program supports PA Forward Civic and Social Literacy.
- Date:
- Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Struble Room
- Chester County Library System:
- Chester County Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Adults Civic & Social