A splash of red The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
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- ISBN: 9780449810149 (electronic bk)
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Target Audience Note: | Grade 2 - Grade 3 LG/Lower grades (K-3rd) 610L Lexile Level 4.1 ATOS Level |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 10202 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
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- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2013 January
Gr 3â6âBorn in 1888, grandson of a slave, Pippin loved to draw from an early age. He painted "â¦every day scenes in natural colors; then he added a splash of red." His classmates often begged, "Make a picture for us, Horace!" When he was in the eighth grade, he quit school and went to work. From rail yard to farm to hotel to factory, his workmates echoed the request, "Make a picture for usâ¦." And when he enlisted in World War I, his fellow soldiers also entreated him to draw. "The war brought out all the art in me." But a bullet to the shoulder rendered his right arm useless and he was unable to find work due to his injury. Still, his drive to draw remained. One day, "using his good arm to move the hurt one, he scorched lines into the wood" to create a picture. With practice, his weak arm improved enough to allow him to paint, and paint he did. N.C. Wyeth recognized his talent and arranged for him to have a one-man exhibit. Today his work hangs in museums all over the country. Bryant's meticulously researched, eloquent text makes this a winning read-aloud, while Sweet's vibrant, folksy illustrations, rendered in watercolor, gouache, and mixed media, portray the joys and hardships of the man's life, using his trademark paletteâ¦with just a splash of red. Quotations from his notebooks, letters, and interviews are effectively woven into the pictures.âBarbara Auerbach, PS 217, Brooklyn, NY
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