Image / James A. Porter, circa 1940

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Title: James A. Porter, circa 1940
Alternative Title: James and Dorothy Porter, faculty of Howard University
Contributor: Modell
Prominent Individuals and Families, 1885-1980
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940
[circa 1940]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of James A. Porter with his painting The Family (1940).
James Amos Porter was an artist, the head of the art gallery and art department at Howard University, and a pioneer in establishing the field of African-American art history. He was instrumental as the first scholar to provide a systematic, critical analysis of African-American artists and their works of art.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b11_f09_006a.tif
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Subject: Art historians
African American artists
Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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