Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), ca. 1890, Made in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Oil on canvas, 19 1/8 ? 28 3/16 in. (48. 6 ? 71. 6 cm), Paintings, Charles Ethan Porter (1847?1923), The largely Connecticut-based, New York- and Paris-trained Porter was among the first African American artists to exhibit his work nationally. 'Untitled (Cracked Watermelon) ' is one of his largest and most impressive still lifes