26+ Horace Pippin War Paintings US. Horace pippin's final painting, man on a bench, 1946. Injured during world war i, horace pippin turned to painting to help mend his body and spirit.
Because poverty, hard physical work, war, and disabilities got in his way.
Pippin never received any training in the arts. Horace pippin's journals recorded life in 'them lonely, cooty, muddy trenches.' like many veterans of the killing fields of world war i, horace pippin had a tough time shaking off the memories. 38 horace pippin paintings ranked in order of popularity and relevancy. After world war i, pippin, who had no formal art training, wrote and illustrated memoirs of his combat experience where he lost the full use of his arm.