Horace Pippin

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Horace Pippin was a self-taught African American painter known for his powerful depictions of African American life, history, and his experiences as a World War I veteran.

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Label Occurrences
Horace Pippin canonical 16
Aaron Douglas 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American artist
painter
person
birthDate 1888-02-22
birthPlace West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1946-07-06
deathPlace West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Pippin
genre genre painting
history painting
religious art
war art
givenName Horace
hasCollectionIn Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
hasHealthIssue war-related arm injury
influencedBy African American history
Christian religious themes
his World War I experiences
knownFor World War I scenes
depictions of African American life
paintings about slavery and abolition
self-taught painting style
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Harlem Hellfighters
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryUnit 369th Infantry Regiment
movement American folk art
Naïve art
Social realism
name Horace Pippin self-link
notableExhibition Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
surface form: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh

Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York
notableWork Domino Players
John Brown Going to His Hanging
Mr. Prejudice
Sunday Morning Breakfast
The End of the War: Starting Home
occupation painter
selfTaught true
startedActivity painting after World War I injury
workLocation New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Horace Pippin
Description of subject: Horace Pippin was a self-taught African American painter known for his powerful depictions of African American life, history, and his experiences as a World War I veteran.

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Horace hasNotableBearer Horace Pippin
Harlem Renaissance notablePerson Horace Pippin
this entity surface form: Aaron Douglas
The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Horace Pippin
Horace Pippin name Horace Pippin self-link
Pippin usedBy Horace Pippin
Mr. Prejudice creator Horace Pippin
Mr. Prejudice notableWorkOf Horace Pippin
Domino Players creator Horace Pippin
Domino Players artist Horace Pippin
Sunday Morning Breakfast creator Horace Pippin
Sunday Morning Breakfast artist Horace Pippin