Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Horace Pippin
Born: February 22, 1888
Died: July 6, 1946 (aged 58)
Bio: Horace Pippin was a self-taught African-American painter. The injustice of slavery and American segregation figure prominently in many of his works.
Known for:
- Naïve art
- Expressionism
- Harlem Renaissance
- Social realism