Charles Ethan Porter,(American 1847-1923),Still Life with Fruit Basket,1878, on canvasoil

Charles Ethan Porter was a leading nineteenth century still life painter and one of the first African Americans trained at the prestigious National Academy of Design in New York,from 1869 to 1863.This work exhibits the earthy palette and visible brushwork that were then coming into vogue to replace a more detailed and finished mud century aesthetics-Brooklyn Museum

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