Florence Griswold Museum
Lyme Historical Society
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371
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Museums page for Charles Porter ((1847 - 1923)), known for Fruit and floral still life painting. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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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About Charles Porter: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsUniversity of Saint Joseph Art Gallery
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117-2791Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014