Artist: William Michael Harnett (1848 - 1892)
Nationality: American
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
American painter, William Michael Harnett was born in Ireland but raised in Philadelphia. In 1869, he moved to New York and remained there for most of his later life except for a six-year stay in Europe from 1880 to 1886. His preferred still life subjects were firearms and musical instruments. Initially his work was popular with the general audience but dismissed by critics. However, in 1940, he was recognized for his strong compositions.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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William Michael Harnett, After the Hunt, 1885
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William Michael Harnett, The Meerschaum Pipe, 1886
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William Michael Harnett, Study of a Pipe and Other Objects, 1874
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Scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings, calling cards, sketches, photographs of paintings, and two sales
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William Michael Harnett - The Old Violin 1886 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Michael Harnett - My Gems 1888 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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William Michael Harnett - The Last Rose of Summer 1886 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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William Michael Harnett, American (born in Ireland), 1848-1892 Old Models 1892 Oil on canvas 138.11
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William Michael Harnett - American Exchange 1878 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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William Michael Harnett - Alas, Poor Yorick 1877 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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William Michael Harnett - Still Life with Bust of Dante 1883 oil on panel High Museum of Art
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William Michael Harnett, American (born in Ireland), 1848-1892 A Lunch 1876 Oil on canvas 51.18
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William Michael Harnett, American (born in Ireland), 1848-1892 Still Life with Violin 1885 Oil on
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William M. Harnett - For Sunday's Dinner 1888 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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William Harnett - Memento Mor, "To This Favour" 1879 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Strang, Milton"s Paradise Lost - Michael Sets Before Adam a Vision, 1896
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Michael Bowen, Big Sun, 1975
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Filippo Lippi - The Archangel Michael 1458 tempera on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Albrecht D¸rer, St. Michael Fighting the Dragon, twelfth plate from the series The Apocalypse , 1498
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Michael Bowen, Brahma Bhur Bhuraha Svarom, 1986
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Saint Michael; The Mystic Mass of Saint Gregory; Saint Jerome, triptych Netherlandish Painter, second half
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Saint Michael, recto of a book cover Copy after Neroccio de" Landi (Italian, before 1907)Tempera
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Michael Wolgemut, The Last Judgment, 1493
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Lovis Corinth, St. Michael, 1923
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Anonymous , St. Michael, 18th century
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Michael Mazur, Running, 1965
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Bartolome Bermejo - Saint Michael triumphant over the Devil 1468 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Spanish
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Michael Baltekal-Goodman, Still Life, 1932
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Michael Natalis, Portrait of the Duc de la Tour, 1665
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George Michael Gaethke, Clown, 1941
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Michael Bergt, Rock "n" Wave, 1981
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Michael Mazur, Palette Still Life, 1978
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Harvey Breverman, Study of Michael Rothenstein, 1973
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Michael Mazur, Still Life Palette #8, 1979
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Michael Bowen, She Had a Beautiful Sari and She Was Brain Dead from Exhaust Fumes, 1986
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Giovanni Battista Moroni - Two Donors in Adoration before the Madonna and Child and St. Michael 1557-1560 oil on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Michael A. Baltekal Goodman, Kids, ca. mid 20th century
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Michael Holder, The Abyss, circa 1953 - 1954
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Michael Ponce de Leon, Nude, 20th century
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Paul Cadmus, Male Model (Michael Kan), 1953

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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University of Richmond Museums: Call for Artisits: 2006 Harnett Biennial of American Prints
The deadline for submission is January 17, 2006. The exhibition is open to all artists residing in the United States. Entries must be in the category of printmaking using any traditional and/or experimental techniques and media. Eligible entries i...
University of Richmond Museums, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art: Pierre Daura, Catalán-American Modernist: People, Places, and Things
Born on the island of Minorca, Spain, in 1896, Daura was raised in Barcelona, Catalonia (a northern region in Spain) where he studied art under José Ruiz Blasco, Pablo Picasso’s father. In 1914, Daura moved to Paris to work in the studio of artist...
National Gallery of Art: Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l’Oeil Painting
This exhibition is generously supported by Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. "Throughout the ages, trompe l’oeil has always been one of the most popular genre...
University of Richmond Museums, Marsh Gallery: oots of Creativity: Landscapes by Hans Friedrich Grohs
As a young master student at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Grohs studied under Lyonel Feininger, but he left the academy in 1919 following a controversial dispute with founder Walter Gropius regarding the sacrifice of German “identity” for the increasing...

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