CHADDS FORD, PA.- The Brandywine River Museum recently purchased a major painting by Horace Pippin, the West Chester, Pennsylvania artist of national importance and recognition. Entitled Birmingham Meeting House III, the painting depicts an 18th century Quaker building that still stands four miles south of West Chester. The painting is on view in the Museum’s first floor gallery. Horace Pippin is one of America’s most important 20th-century untutored artists. A self-taught painter, Pippin was severely wounded in his right arm during World War I and turned to painting in the late 1920s. He demonstrated enormous talent for rendering bold and engaging compositions that express keen observation and feeling for his community and personal experiences. His work drew the attention of artist N.C. Wyeth and others. Wyeth promoted the organization of the first exhibition of Pippin’s work