Horace Pippin

(American, 1888–1946)

Room Paintings holds one painting by Horace Pippin, from the Art Institute of Chicago. It dates from 1931. We file it under Early 20th-Century Painting. Its subjects are animals, architecture and birds. It suits the bedroom and guest room.

Styles

Early 20th-Century Painting 1

Rooms

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago 1

The painting

Painting of a cabin set below a dark blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Behind it is a field of many small white dots. In front, a dark-skinned woman sits and a dark-skinned child plays among roaming chickens and dogs in a fenced-in yard.

Horace Pippin Cabin in the Cotton, c. 1931–37 Art Institute of Chicago