Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)
1885 · Oil on canvas
19 1/8 × 28 3/16 in. (48.6 × 71.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Charles Ethan Porter
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- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional90%
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Charles Ethan Porter was an American painter who specialized in still life painting. A student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, he was one of the first African Americans to exhibit there. He was the only African-American artist at the turn of that century who painted in still life and the first known professional Black artist to concentrate on still life.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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6 published of 6 catalogued · 2 with image
- The Met6 published2 img
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