William Michael Harnett [1]

Nationality : American Painter Irish-born, 1848-1892

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  • Title : A Mans-Talbe Reversed
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Oil Painting ID: 32808


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  • Title : A Smoke Backstage
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Oil Painting ID: 32809


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  • Title : A Study Table
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Oil Painting ID: 32810


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  • Title : A Wooden Basket of Catawba Grapes
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Oil Painting ID: 32811


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  • Title : After the Hunt
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Oil Painting ID: 32812


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  • Title : After the Hunt
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Oil Painting ID: 32813


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  • Title : After the Hunt
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Oil Painting ID: 32814


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  • Title : After the Hunt
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Oil Painting ID: 32815


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  • Title : Attention Company
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Oil Painting ID: 32816


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  • Title : Cigar Box Pitcher and New York Herald
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William Michael Harnett
William Michael Harnett (August 10, 1848 – October 29, 1892) was an Irish-American painter who practiced a trompe l'oeil (literally, "fool the eye") style of realistic painting. His still lifes of ordinary objects, arranged on a ledge or hanging from a nail, are painted in such a way that the painting can be mistaken for the objects themselves. Harnett was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland during the time of the potato famine. Shortly after his birth his family emigrated to America, settling in Philadelphia. Becoming a United States citizen in 1868, he made a living as a young man by engraving designs on table silver, while also taking night classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later, in New York, at Cooper Union and at the National Academy of Design. His first known oil painting, a still life, dates from 1874.

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