藝術家贺拉斯·皮平 (1888-1946) 生平簡歷

出生地： West Chester, PA

地址： West Chester, PA

职业： Primitive painter, sculptor

教育： self-taught

展出： West Chester Community Center, 1937; "Masters of Popular Painting," MoMA, 1938; Carlen Gal., Phila., 1940 (solo); Bignou Gal, NYC, 1940; American Negro Expo., Chicago, 1940; Downtown Gal, NYC, 1941; Arts Cl. of Chicago, 1941; South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, 1941; SFMA, 1942; CI, 1944 (hon. men.); Corcoran Gal biennials, 1943, 1945; AIC, 1943, 1945; PAFA Ann., 1943-47 (prize 1946); Atlanta Univ., 1944; Howard Univ., 1945; Knoedler Gal, NYC, 1947; Walker Art Center, c.1950; WMAA, 1943-45; NY City Col., 1967; James A. Porter Gal, 1970; Newark Mus., 1971; PAFA, 1993 (retrospective) Awards: J. Henry Scheidt Memorial Prize.

工作： PAFA ("John Brown Going to his Hanging;" Brandywine River Mus., Chadds Ford, PA; Barnes Collection, Merion, PA; MoMA; MMA; WMAA; BMFA; Albright-Knox Gal., Buffalo, NY; PMA; Phillips Memorial Gal., Wash., DC; Nat'l Archives; Wichita Mus., Kansas; Rhode Island Mus.; Encyclopedia Britannica Coll.; Archives of American Art.

评论： The first African-American primitive painter to achieve widespread critical recognition, during the 1930s-40s. After serving in WWI and losing much of the use of his right arm, Pippin began making burnt-wood panels, taking up oils in the late 1920s. In the 1930s his work came to the attention of local Brandywine artists Christian Brinton and N.C. Wyeth who in turn introduced the work to the president of the Chester County Art Association. A solo exhibition at the Association's gallery in 1937 led to a showing of his work at MoMA in 1938. This led to numerous other exhibitions and the patronage of Phila. collector Albert Barnes (see entry). Pippin's subject matter included images of African-American life, historical, military, and biblical themes, and still lifes. Although he worked in a primitive style, his treatment of subject matter (as in his "John Brown" series) was often complex and psychologically and emotionally moving.

来源： WW40; Judith Stein, I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin, with essays by Richard Powell, Cornel West, and Judith Wilson (exh. cat., PAFA, 1993); Baigell, Dictionary; Driskell, Hidden Heritage, 43, 47; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 223; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists; Falk, Exh. Record Series.