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James A. Porter, African Nude, 1934.Harmon Foundation Collection. Porter began his career as an instructor of painting and drawing at Howard University.During his four decade Howard tenure, he would work with artists, such as James Lesesne Wells and Lois Mailou Jones, chair the Art Department, and serve as Director of the Art Gallery (1953 through 1970). [4]
Richard Powell, From the Potomac to the Anacostia: Art & Ideology in the Washington Area (Washington, D.C.: Washington Project for the Arts, 1989) Constance Porter Uzelac, James A. Porter, Artist and Art Historian: The Memory of the Legacy (Washington, D.C.: Howard Univ. Gallery of Art, 1992) Deborah Willis, Reflections in Black (2000)
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Black Abstractionism is a term that refers to a modern arts movement that celebrates Black artists of African-American and African ancestry, whether as direct descendants of Africa or of a combined mixed-race heritage, who create work that is not representational, presenting the viewer with abstract expression, imagery, and ideas.
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Horatio Nelson Poole (1884–1949), American painter, print-maker and teacher; Willem de Poorter (1608–1648), Dutch painter; Liubov Popova (1889–1924), Russian painter and designer; Bertalan Pór (1880–1964), Hungarian painter; Fairfield Porter (1907–1975), American painter and art critic; Candido Portinari (1903–1962), Brazilian painter
Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic. [1] He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family. [2] He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter and the brother-in-law of federal Reclamation Commissioner Michael W ...
Vernon Carroll Porter, artist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1896. [1] He studied at the Art Students League , [ 2 ] Grand Central School Academy, the Mechanics Institute, and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and was known for his surreal landscape oil paintings.