🍉 The largely Connecticut-based, New York- and Paris-trained Charles Ethan Porter was among the first African American artists to exhibit his work nationally and the only one to specialize in still lifes.📗 https://t.co/ECGqqVpE9F 🏛 MET Untitled (Cracked Watermelon) 1890

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Hogmanay party at home accessories sorted: Shoes and a Feather by County Down-born Paris-trained ⁦⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ & ⁦⁩ exhibitor Georgina Moutray Kyle (1865-1950). Oil on canvas. ⁦⁩ Collection (c) Artist’s Estate

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8 Apr 1551: Gyles Godet, printmaker is granted letters of denization He'd come to in 1547 - and here is some of his output, including his illustration of April and a picture of one pretty famous person who died the year he arrived in (BM)

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