Gallery of the Masters 
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
