Famed African American (folk) artist Horace Pippin (1888-1946) painted this building on canvasboard in 1940. See the description of the painting's sale in the Maine Antique Digest, 9/19, p. 79, and https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.18.html/2019/american-art-n10074. See https://www.brandywine.org/sites/default/files/HoracePippininWestChesterGuide.pdf. There is a real historical marker at the site, see https://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-D1.
Publication date | Aug 31, 2019 |
Neighborhood | Birmingham Twp, Chester Cnty |
Famed African American (folk) artist Horace Pippin (1888-1946) painted this building on canvasboard in 1940. See the description of the painting's sale in the Maine Antique Digest, 9/19, p. 79, and https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.18.html/2019/american-art-n10074. See https://www.brandywine.org/sites/default/files/HoracePippininWestChesterGuide.pdf. There is a real historical marker at the site, see https://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-D1.