When Horace Pippin died in West Chester in July 1946 at age 58, the New York Times obituary praised the painter as a "noted Negro artist, who taught himself to paint."
"Old King Cotton" (also known as "Cabin in the Cotton IV"), a 1944 painting by Pippin.Read moreDavis Museum at Wellesley College
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