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- 1848, New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died:
- 1918, New Hope (aged 70)
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Joseph Pickett
American painter
Joseph Pickett (born 1848, New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S.ādied 1918, New Hope) was an American folk painter known for his primitive depictions of town and landscape around his native New Hope, Pennsylvania.
After a life spent as a carpenter, shipbuilder, carny, and storekeeper, Pickett began painting when he was about 65. Pickettās work exemplifies his detailed interest in local landscape and history, executed with a disregard for perspective but with a solid sense of colour and flat-pattern design (e.g., Manchester Valley [c. 1914ā18]). Pickettās works were not discovered by art critics or the public until the 1930s.
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