Primitive
The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
| Author: | Janice N. Harrington | ISBN: | 9781942683216 |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions Ltd. | Publication: | October 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | BOA Editions Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Janice N. Harrington |
| ISBN: | 9781942683216 |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Publication: | October 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
Recipient of the NEA Literature Fellowship for Poetry and winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Harrington’s poetry is widely read in various journals including the Harvard Review. She is also a bestselling author of children’s books, appearing in Time Magazine‘s top 10 list in 2007.
Primitive is a biography, history, and reflection on the art of Horace H. Pippin, who was the best-known African American artist of the 1930s-40s. Creator of the famous masterpiece "The End of the War," his paintings can be found in major museums and galleries in Chicago, Indianapolis, West Chester, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, among others.
Having fought in World War I with the legendary 369th Infantry, Pippin served with Company K and earned the Croix de Guerre and a purple heart for bravery. With his folk art, he left an invaluable record of African American life and of the lives of African American soldiers in World War I.
Harrington used historical records and primary sources to write these poems, including newspaper articles, interviews, archives, and Pippin’s war notebooks.
African American folk art has been miscast as "primitive," and these poems critique that perception, while also making up for African American history that has been lost and forgotten.
Recipient of the NEA Literature Fellowship for Poetry and winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Harrington’s poetry is widely read in various journals including the Harvard Review. She is also a bestselling author of children’s books, appearing in Time Magazine‘s top 10 list in 2007.
Primitive is a biography, history, and reflection on the art of Horace H. Pippin, who was the best-known African American artist of the 1930s-40s. Creator of the famous masterpiece "The End of the War," his paintings can be found in major museums and galleries in Chicago, Indianapolis, West Chester, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, among others.
Having fought in World War I with the legendary 369th Infantry, Pippin served with Company K and earned the Croix de Guerre and a purple heart for bravery. With his folk art, he left an invaluable record of African American life and of the lives of African American soldiers in World War I.
Harrington used historical records and primary sources to write these poems, including newspaper articles, interviews, archives, and Pippin’s war notebooks.
African American folk art has been miscast as "primitive," and these poems critique that perception, while also making up for African American history that has been lost and forgotten.
