Horace Pippins Bench is a painting by Michelle Reeve which was uploaded on May 9th, 2015.
Horace Pippins Bench
Plein air watercolor and ink image of Horace Pippin's bench, a memorial marker in Everhart Park, West Chester, PA ... more
Title
Horace Pippins Bench
Artist
Michelle Reeve
Medium
Painting - Watercolor - Print
Description
Plein air watercolor and ink image of Horace Pippin's bench, a memorial marker in Everhart Park, West Chester, PA
Horace Pippin was an African-American painter born in West Chester, PA in 1888. He served in the Harlem Hellfighters in Europe in World War I where he lost the use of his right arm through sniper fire. Returneing to the US he took up art to strengthen his arm and started painting with oils in 1930.
His work was of the folk art style and was exhibited as far afield as the Tate Gallery.
"Horace Pippin's bench" sits in the beautiful Everhart Park with cherry blossom nearby and is a lovely, calm place.
Uploaded
May 9th, 2015
