霍勒斯·皮平（Horace Pippin，1888-1946）可以说是他那个时代最成功的非裔美国艺术家，他在20世纪30年代自学绘画，并因为描绘第一次世界大战、黑人家庭和美国英雄亚伯拉罕·林肯、废奴主义者约翰·布朗和歌手玛丽安·安德森等主题而迅速赢得国际声誉。本书对这位残疾的战斗老兵如何在当代艺术界占据一席之地进行了新的阐释。这本书围绕自传、黑人劳工、艺术过程和礼物交换等主题进行编排，揭示了他的作品中所包含的参考和批判的范围，以及贯穿于他青云直上的职业生涯的种族、阶级和文化动态。《霍勒斯·皮平:美国现代》为审视这位艺术家和他的机会提供了一个全新的视角，这个机会扩大了20世纪的艺术史的范围。本书收录了皮平的60多幅画作，还包括这位艺术家的两篇此前不为人知的声明——《皮平自述的故事》和 《我是如何画画的》——以及从新研究中得出的展览历史和艺术作品清单。

A nuanced reassessment that transforms our understanding of this self-taught artist

Arguably the most successful African American artist of his day, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) taught himself to paint in the 1930s and quickly earned international renown for depictions of World War I, black families, and American heroes Abraham Lincoln, abolitionist John Brown, and singer Marian Anderson, among other subjects. This volume sheds new light on how the disabled combat veteran claimed his place in the contemporary art world. Organized around topics of autobiography, black labor, artistic process, and gift exchange, it reveals the range of references and critiques encoded in his work and the racial, class, and cultural dynamics that informed his meteoric career. Horace Pippin, American Modern offers a fresh perspective on the artist and his moment that contributes to a more expansive history of art in the 20th century. Featuring over 60 of Pippin’s paintings, this volume also includes two previously unknown artist’s statements—“The Story of Horace Pippin as told by Himself” and “How I Paint”—and an exhibition history and list of artworks drawn from new research.