Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Charles Ethan Porter
American1847–1923
About
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.
Notable works
Apples on the Ground
at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Works in the collection
2 works
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Apples on the Ground
at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
More by Charles Ethan Porter in institutions
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, United States
