Horace Pippin The Getaway Magnet

$6.00 at Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Will the fox get away with his prize? Looks like he will! West Chester, PA's own Horace Pippin was arguably the most successful African American artist of his day. Pippin (1888–1946) taught himself to paint in the 1930s and quickly earned international renown. He addressed a range of themes, from landscapes and still lifes to biblical subjects and political statements. Some draw on his personal experience of the war or turn-of-the-century domestic life. About the work: Pippin began The Getaway as a daytime…