Table and Two Chairs
1946
Horace Pippin created this striking still life just a year before his death, painting it by holding his injured right wrist with his left hand—a technique he developed after being wounded in World War I. The composition is wonderfully stark, featuring a heavy grey vase bursting with dark, silhouetted flowers that sit atop a deeply textured, almost nest-like cloth. Flanked by two simple black chairs against a raw canvas background, the scene feels both intimately domestic and boldly graphic. It's a quiet, powerful moment of peace from an artist who spent his life translating personal hardship into profound visual poetry.
- Technique
- oil on canvas
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