Artist: Horace Pippin (1888 - 1946)
Nationality: American
Movement: African American School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Born in Pennsylvania, Horace Pippin worked several jobs and joined the army in 1917 before adopting an art career. Upon his return from service, he was badly injured in his right arm and turned to art as therapy. He began painting in 1929 and never received any formal training. However he was one of America’s top primitive painters, often begin compared to Henri Rousseau. His subject matter ranged from his early depictions of trench warfare to historical, religious, and genre paintings, all executed with personal interpretations of those subjects.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Horace Pippin The Trial of John Brown oil on canvas 1942
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Horace Pippin - Interior 1944 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Horace Pippin - Cabin in the Cotton before 1937 oil on panel The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Horace Pippin - Christmas Morning, Breakfast 1945 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Horace Pippin, American, 1888-1946 Country Doctor (Night Call) 1935 Oil on canvas 71.44 x 81.6
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Gilbert Stuart - Horace Binney 1800 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768-1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)Oil on canvas;
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet l'Education Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Le Singe et le Leopard Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Le Singe et le Leopard Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Le fou qui vend la sagesse Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Head of a Horse lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Le Duc D'OrlÈans a VendÙme...twenty eighth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lith
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Kohl jar Egyptian Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, 1938-1759 B.C. Egypt Obsidian and gold Height: 2.9
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Claude Ferdinand Gaillard Horace Vernet 19th century
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Mummy bandage of Hepmeneh Egyptian Ptolemaic Dynasty 332–30 B.C. Linen Width x length: 10 x
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Statuette of Isis and Horus Egyptian Late Period, 664–332 B.C. Egypt Bronze Height x width
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Kneeling statuette of Necho II Egyptian Late Period Dynasty 26, reign of Necho II, 610–595
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Henry Wolf Horace and Lydia 19th - 20th century
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Pendant on a Chain Egyptian New Kingdom Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 B.C.
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Kneeling Amenhotep III as the god Neferhotep Egyptian New Kingdom Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep
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Charles Ramelet Portrait of Horace Vernet Lithograph 19th century
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Signet ring Egyptian Third Intermediate Period or later, 1075-30 B.C. Egypt Gold Length of bezel:
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Seated Mameluck with Horse lithograph printed in black on brown washed paper with white heightening 18th - 19th century
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Vessel in Form of Trussed Goose Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 1980-1630 B.C. Egypt Stone (anhydrite) Height
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Head of a vulture Egyptian Ptolemaic Period 305–30 B.C. Gold Height x width x depth:
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Horace Harral Hog-hunting in Bengal. Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Emile Jean Horace Vernet Le Lancier en Vedette Lithograph 1816
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Statuette of Taweret Egyptian Late Period 664–332 B.C. Faience Height x width x depth: 12.5
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Henry Wolf Horace and Lydia Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Necklace of flower and amphora-shaped pendants (modern stringing) Egyptian Late Period 664–332 B.C. Gold Length:
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Inlay of an Apis bull Egyptian Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305–30 B.C. Egypt Mosaic glass
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Statuette of Taweret Egyptian Late Period, 664–332 B.C. Egypt Limestone Height: 11.8 cm (4 5/8
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Heart scarab of Padiese Egyptian Late Period 664–332 B.C. Serpentinite Length: 5 cm (1 15/16
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Le Grenadier De Waterloo...seventy first plate in the book...Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th -
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Neptune (Poseidon) Bronze figure Roman Imperial Period, 2nd–3rd century A.D. Perhaps from Gaul Bronze Height:
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet NapolÈon mÈditant sur une darte militaire...sixtieth plate in the book...Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vo
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Bataille de Jemmapes...fifty second plate in the book...Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet La Druidesse...eleventh plate in the book...Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Embuscade Espagnole...ninth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th centur
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Emile Jean Horace Vernet Le Villageois et le Serpent Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Recumbent lion Egyptian Ptolemaic Period, 305–30 B.C. Egypt, (Possibly Alexandria) Gold sheet over clay core,
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Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Lady Agnes Anne Wrothesley, 1791 Horace Hone (British,
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet L'Hospice Du Saint-Gothard...thirty eighth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 lithograph 18t
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet …table A Vaches...twenty fourth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Ismayl et Maryam...thirty ninth plate in the book...Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th cen
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Allan Mack-Aulay,....fourteenth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th ce
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Emile Jean Horace Vernet One of 16 lithographs of Lafontaines (Eosope's) Fables lithograph 1818
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Combat D'Avant-Poste...sixth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 lithograph 18th - 19th centu
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet La Folle de Bedlam...twenty sixth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th
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Statuette of a naked woman Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 25, 760–656 B.C. Egypt Wood
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Cylinder seal Egyptian Second Intermediate Period, 1630-1523 B.C. Egypt Steatite Length x width: 0.8 x
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Statuette of Isis and Horus Egyptian Ptolemaic Period 305–30 B.C. Bronze Height: 20.5 cm (8
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet La TempÍte... (The Tempest)...Fifty second plate in the book...[Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfo
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Horace Harral Foot-ball at the Wall-pages 168 & 169,from Harper's Weekly,26 Feb, 1876. Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Horace Harral Horse-racing in Dalmatia -pages 158 & 159,from Harper's Weekly,24 Feb 1877. Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Fragment of the mummy shroud of Thutmose III Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of
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Bowl Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian Achaemenid Period, 5th century B.C. Persia Bronze Diam: about 6
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Mummy trappings: pectoral Egyptian Ptolemaic Dynasty 332–30 B.C. Gilded cartonnage Length x width x depth:
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Ethan Allen Greenwood, American, 1779-1856 Horace Collamore 1813 Oil on panel 64.45 x 51.43 cm
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Richard Dighton Caricature (full figure) of Captain Horace Seymour - "A View from Knightsbridge Barracks" Color etching 1817
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Lotus ring Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, 1353-1336 B.C. Egypt Green faience
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Cylinder seal of Senenmut Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, 1478-1458 B.C. Egypt
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Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault (1791-1824), probably 1822 or 1823 Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)Oil on canvas; 18 5/8
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Emile Jean Horace Vernet La vie d'un Soldat, Depart de jeune Grivet pour l'armee lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Paul Gavarni A Plate of Heads,preceding the essay by Horace Mayhew, opposite page 61 and fourteenth plate in the book Gavarni in London; Sketches of Life and Character, with Illustrative essays by Popular Writers, edited by Albert Smith (London: Davi
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Statuette of Amennakht holding a statue of Osiris Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasties 19–20, 1292-1075 B.C.
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Fragments of a garment Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1539-1292 B.C. Egypt Linen a: Length
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Heart Scarab of Amennakht Egyptian New Kingdom, 1539-1075 B.C. Egypt Faience Length: 4.7 cm (1
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Shawabty of Queen Tayuheret Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C. Egypt Faience Height:
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Henri-Horace Roland de la Porte - Still Life c. 1765 Oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum French
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James Sharples Catherine Livingston Thorn Johnson (Mrs. Horace Johnson) Pastel on gray-brown wove paper mounted on cardboard circa 1796
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Leopard Statue Italic, Etruscan Archaic Period, about 560 B.C. Italy, Etruria, (presumably from Vulci) Nenfro
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The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, 1789 Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace) (French, 1758-1836)Oil on canvas;
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Sphinx Statuette Italic, Etruscan Archaic Period, about 560 B.C. Italy, Etruria, (presumably from Vulci) Nenfro
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Emile Jean Horace Vernet - Portrait of a Lady 1831 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Horace Vernet - Portrait of an Oriental 1818 oil on canvas Dahesh Museum of Art French
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Horace Vernet - Self-Portrait in Rome 1831 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Horace Bundy - Vermont Lawyer 1841 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Leopard Statuette Italic, Etruscan Archaic Period, about 560 B.C. Italy, Etruria, (presumably from Vulci) Nenfro
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Plate Vase Greek, South Italian Late Classical Period, 4th century B.C., perhaps the 2nd quarter
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Dr. Adalbert John ("V. Blada") Volck, American, 1828-1912 The Man of Wrath: Horace Greely Graphite
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Bottle Vase Greek, South Italian Early Hellenistic Period, about 320–300 B.C. Italy, Apulia Ceramic, Gnathian
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Bottle Vase Greek, South Italian Early Hellenistic Period, probably early 3rd century B.C. South Italy,
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Marked by John Nicholson, free 1805 Ladle flatware Cork, Ireland Ireland, (Cork), about 1780 Silver
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875 The Gardens of Horace Les Jardins d"Horace 1855 Cliché-verre,
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Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 Two Dancers in the Wings about 1888 Pastel on paper mounted
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Bead Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1539-1292 B.C. Egypt Glass Height x width: 1.3 x
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Ring bearing the inscription Mut the Great One of Isheru Egyptian Second Intermediate to Late
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Horace Clifford Westermann - Phantom in a Wooden Garden 1970 Douglas fir, pine, r Des Moines Art Center American
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Horace W. Nicholls - Woman Coal Heaver 1917 printing out paper p The Royal Photographic Society British
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Bottle Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18–19, 1539-1190 B.C. Egypt Egyptian alabaster Height x width: 19.1
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Sacrificing youth Bronze figure Italic, Etruscan Late Hellenistic Period, 2nd century B.C. Italy, Etruria Bronze
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Horace Vernet - Hunting in the Pontine Marshes 1833 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Horace Vernet - Combat of a Greek and a Turk after 1835 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, by 1820 Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)Oil
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Workshop of Francesco Guardi, Italian (Venetian), 1712-1793 Entrance to the Arsenal, Venice Oil on canvas
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Nestoris (drinking vessel) Vase Greek, South Italian Late Classical Period, about 360–330 B.C. Italy, Apulia
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Otto van Veen Le spectacle de la vie humaine..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean LeClerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) book with 103 engravings ca. 1600 - 1628
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Style of Pavia Painter Skyphos (cup), Apulian Vase Greek, South Italian Late Classical Period, 340–330

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Taft Museum of Art: The Great Migration: The Evolution of African American Art, 1790-1945
Included are works by painters Joshua Johnston, Henry O. Tanner, Duncanson and Horace Pippin; photographer James P. Ball; and sculptor Edmonia Lewis amon...
Tate Gallery: The Turner Prize 1999
The shortlisted artists are: Tracey Emin for her exhibitions in New York and Japan in which she continued to show her versatility across a wide range of media, her vibrancy and flair for self-expres...
Tate Gallery London: 1999 Turner Prize shortlist announced
The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 16 May 1999. The Prize was established in 1984 by th...
Index - Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation: Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset: Galerie Klosterfelde
In their exhibition at Index they are, as in many of their earlier works, focusing on underlying structures in the art scene. On this occasion, they have moved one of Berlin's commercial galleries, Galerie Klosterfelde, to Index. Nikola Dietrich...
Baltimore Museum of Art: Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Lure of Paris
“This is an exciting opportunity to showcase these well-known paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner alongside works from the BMA’s outstanding collection,” said BMA Director Doreen Bolger. Tanner spent most of his career as an expatriate in Paris...

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