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Charles Porter PUBLICATIONS
1847 Hartford, Connecticut - 1923. Known for: Fruit and floral still life painting.
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: The "Talented Tenth . Charles Ethan Porter. Mounting racism certainly was a barrier that narrowed the range of employment and limited the satisfaction that would result... Read full biography
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: The "Talented Tenth . Charles Ethan Porter. Mounting racism certainly was a barrier that narrowed the range of employment and limited the satisfaction that would result from work, but it was somewhat more permeable for Blacks with unique talents or abilities. Such a... Read full biography
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: The "Talented Tenth . Charles Ethan Porter. Mounting racism certainly was a barrier that narrowed the range of employment and limited the satisfaction that would result from work, but it was somewhat more permeable for Blacks with unique talents or abilities. Such a person was Charles Porter, who has recently been rediscovered as a major 19th painter. Only a small portion of his works are known today, and what we do have tends to be work done in old age after the... Read full biography
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: The "Talented Tenth . Charles Ethan Porter. Mounting racism certainly was a barrier that narrowed the range of employment and limited the satisfaction that would result from work, but it was somewhat more permeable for Blacks with unique talents or abilities. Such a person was Charles Porter, who has recently been rediscovered as a major 19th painter. Only a small portion of his works are known today, and what we do have tends to be work done in old age after the height of his creative vigor had already passed. Porter's family had lived in Hartford since the 18th century, but his father moved to a house in Rockville while Charles was a young boy (we are not sure of his birth date, which was approximately... Read full biography
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: The "Talented Tenth . Charles Ethan Porter. Mounting racism certainly was a barrier that narrowed the range of employment and limited the satisfaction that would result from work, but it was somewhat more permeable for Blacks with unique talents or abilities. Such a person was Charles Porter, who has recently been rediscovered as a major 19th painter. Only a small portion of his works are known today, and what we do have tends to be work done in old age after the height of his creative vigor had already passed. Porter's family had lived in Hartford since the 18th century, but his father moved to a house in Rockville while Charles was a young boy (we are not sure of his birth date, which was approximately 1847-50). It appears that, although Porter kept a studio in a tower on a Rockville hilltop not... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCollecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols)
1996Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin877 pages (color)African American Art
1994
(Exhibition catalog)San Antonio Museum of Art67 pages (color)A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present
1993Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson542 pages (color)Images of America The Painter's Eye, 1833-1925
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Baekland, Frederick160 pages (color)Connecticut Masters: Fine Arts and Antiques Collections of Hartford Steam
1991Ed: Hartford Boiler Coll.271 pages (color)American Watercolors and Pastels: Schwarz-Philadelphia
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz, Robert D. (Editor)76 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Naylor, Maria1,075 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1921 American Art Annual
1921Editors0 pages