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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
ark:/21198/z17w7w7k
Subject
Art historians
African American artists
Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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