Through a series of colorful, representative-style illustrations and vignette style writing, Sweet and Bryant highlight Horace’s passion and determination to be an artist. The all-black unit to which Pippin was assigned was sent to France, and it was there that he was shot in the arm and permanently disabled.Ī Splash of Red traces Horace Pippin’s life from his early years as imaginative child with a passion for art to his surprising entrance into the American art world in the 1940s. He did so to demonstrate his patriotism and his place as an equal citizen. During World War I, he enlisted in the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. The conversation started with The Deaf Musicians and continues this week with A Splash of Red.ĭESIREE: Horace Pippin is considered the foremost self-trained American artist of the twentieth century. This post continues February’s My Take/Your Take conversation on books that have won the Schneider Family Award for their portrayal of the disability experience.
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