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William Harnett
1848-1892 America/Irish-American/Trompe-l’oeil
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Brief Biography-William Michael Harnett was renowned for his trompe-l'oeil still lifes. Soon after being born in Cork, Ireland, his family moved to Philadelphia. He worked as a silverware engraver while studying at the Academy of Fine Arts before going to the National Academy of Design and the Cooper Union. His most productive period of work was in Germany between 1880 and 1886. Then, he returned to America, where his work influenced other artists, most notably his friend and colleague from Philadelphia, John Frederick Peto. Unfortunately, his output slowed later in life due to illness, and he died in New York in 1892. Jefferson David Chalfant was another renowned artist who Harnett influenced. |
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a lunch

a smoke backstage

a study table

after the hunt 1883

after the hunt 1884

after the hunt 1885

attention company

dutch jar and
bust of dante

ease

for sunday's dinner

fruit and asparagus

fruit and vase

job lot chea

just dessert

last rose of summer

lobster and le figaro

materials for a
leisure hour

memento mori to
this favour

merganser

mortality and
immortality

munich messenger

music and literature

old models

secretary's table

still life with
bust of dante

still life with
fruit and wine

still life with
ginger jar

still life with letter
to thomas b clarke

still life
with pipe

still life with
the toledo blade

still life with
three castles tobacco

the faithful colt

the last summer
rose

with the staats
zeitung

with violin
