Explore sites painted by Horace Pippin

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Horace Pippin (1888-1946), West Chester Court House, 1940, oil on canvas board. Below Birmingham Meeting House, 1940 oil on Canvas. Photo Credits Mark Tajzler.

Horace Pippin, one of the leading figures of  20th century art, spent most of his life in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In conjunction with the exhibition Horace Pippin: The Way I See It, on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, the Museum has created a special self-guided tour of sites around the area associated with the artist and his work. The full guide is available…

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As library board tries to turn page, some resist

Read more about the article As library board tries to turn page, some resist
A bust of Bayard Taylor will have a place of honor in the Bayard Taylor Reading Room of the proposed new Kennett Public Library, according to the library board.

When it comes to the Kennett library, the only consensus likely to surface amid roiling tensions is that the facility remains beloved and passions about it run deep. With more than 100,000 visits a year – and an increase in circulation that defies today’s norm – the library serves residents in the Borough of Kennett Square and seven townships: East Marlborough, Kennett, Newlin, New Garden,…

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