Cherries
Porter, largely Connecticut-based but trained in New York and Paris, was among the first Black American artists to exhibit his work nationally. He was also one of the few painters of color to concentrate largely on the still-life genre, painting fruit and floral subjects. Cherries, produced soon after the artist’s return to the United States from studies in Paris, is less impressionistic than his later French-informed works. It echoes his earlier fruit compositions while revealing a greater sophistication in its inventive geometric composition and vibrantly contrasting palette.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cherries
- Artist: Charles Ethan Porter (1847–1923)
- Date: ca. 1885
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 13 in. (26.7 × 33 cm)
- Credit Line: Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 2022
- Object Number: 2022.406
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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