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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Charles Ethan Porter
1847–1923 · American
- Born
- 1847 · Hartford
- Died
- 1923 · Rockville
5 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Charles Ethan Porter was an American painter who specialized in still life painting. He was a student at the National Academy of Design and one of the first African Americans to exhibit there, as well as the first known professional Black artist to concentrate on still life.
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Charles Ethan Porter (1847 – March 6, 1923) 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.
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Registered works
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In museum collections
1
In gallery collections
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Selected registered works by Charles Ethan Porter
Selected from 5 works by Charles Ethan Porter in the Collect24 Registry.
Charles Ethan Porter
Mountain Laurel, 1888
oil on canvas
50.9 × 61.3 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-140339
Charles Ethan Porter
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), ca. 1890
Oil on canvas
48.6 × 71.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-103383
Charles Ethan Porter
Peonies in a Vase, c. 1885
oil on canvas
45.7 × 40.6 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-100548
Charles Ethan Porter
Still Life with Apples, 1886
oil on canvas
34.3 × 53.3 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-100549
Charles Ethan Porter
Charles Ethan Porter, Untitled Still Life with Flowers
Oil on canvas
17 × 12 cm
ACA Galleries
C24-1223508
Museums and collections
Where works by Charles Ethan Porter are registered
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- ACA Galleries
New York, USA
1 work
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
1 work
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