Quote of the day
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
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