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1848 Clonakilty, Ireland - 1892 New York City. Known for: Trompe l'oeil still life painting, hanging game.
Born in Clonakilty, Ireland, William Harnett became America's best known "trompe l'oeil" [fool the eye] still-life painter in the later part of the 19th century and is credited with being the most... Read full biography
Born in Clonakilty, Ireland, William Harnett became America's best known "trompe l'oeil" [fool the eye] still-life painter in the later part of the 19th century and is credited with being the most influential in that style and subject matter. Collectors of this artist need to have a watchful 'eye'... Read full biography
Born in Clonakilty, Ireland, William Harnett became America's best known "trompe l'oeil" [fool the eye] still-life painter in the later part of the 19th century and is credited with being the most influential in that style and subject matter. Collectors of this artist need to have a watchful 'eye' because of the many forgeries of Harnett's work. Likely his most famous painting is After the Hunt, in the collection of The California Palace of the Legion of Honor. For nearly 50 years after his... Read full biography
Born in Clonakilty, Ireland, William Harnett became America's best known "trompe l'oeil" [fool the eye] still-life painter in the later part of the 19th century and is credited with being the most influential in that style and subject matter. Collectors of this artist need to have a watchful 'eye' because of the many forgeries of Harnett's work. Likely his most famous painting is After the Hunt, in the collection of The California Palace of the Legion of Honor. For nearly 50 years after his death, his work was overlooked, but in 1939 an exhibition held by Edith Halpert at her Downtown Gallery in Greenwich Village, New York initiated the public attention that has continued to grow into the 21st century. Halpert first saw Harnett's work in... Read full biography
Born in Clonakilty, Ireland, William Harnett became America's best known "trompe l'oeil" [fool the eye] still-life painter in the later part of the 19th century and is credited with being the most influential in that style and subject matter. Collectors of this artist need to have a watchful 'eye' because of the many forgeries of Harnett's work. Likely his most famous painting is After the Hunt, in the collection of The California Palace of the Legion of Honor. For nearly 50 years after his death, his work was overlooked, but in 1939 an exhibition held by Edith Halpert at her Downtown Gallery in Greenwich Village, New York initiated the public attention that has continued to grow into the 21st century. Halpert first saw Harnett's work in 1935, when one of his canvases, The Faithful Colt, was brought to her attention. It was dated... Read full biography
William Michael Harnett - Artist Info
About William Michael Harnett: Keywords
Keywords (41)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Cardboard
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
Art Teacher
- •William Leibl
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •German Academies Before 1900
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Jo Ann & Julian Ganz, Jr. Collection
- •John & Dolores Beck Collection
- •John J. McDonough Collection
- •Preston Morton Collection
- •Susan & Herbert Adler Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Still Life Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts