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: (60)
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William Michael Harnett After the Hunt oil on canvas 1885
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William Michael Harnett The Meerschaum Pipe oil on canvas 1886
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William Michael Harnett Study of a Pipe and Other Objects oil on canvas 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 - My Gems 1888 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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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, American (born in Ireland), 1848-1892 Old Models 1892 Oil on canvas 138.11
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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 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 Still Life with Violin 1885 Oil on
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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 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 etching 1896
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Walter Crane, William Michael Rothenstein (England, Bradford, 1872 - 1945) , 1896, Lithograph on laid paper
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Charles William Sherborn Dante Gabriel Rossetti Etching 1890
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Saint Michael; The Mystic Mass of Saint Gregory; Saint Jerome, triptych Netherlandish Painter, second half
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Untitled, William Nelson Copley (United States, New York, 1919 - 1996) , 1964, Ink
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Saint Michael, recto of a book cover Copy after Neroccio de" Landi (Italian, before 1907)Tempera
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Stanley William Hayter Spanish War Relief Christmas Card Engraving 1938
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George Cruikshank Descent into Hell, Plate 2 opposite page 138 in the book Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays...by William Hone (London: William Hone, 1823) engravingon folded sheet 1823
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Filippo Lippi - The Archangel Michael 1458 tempera on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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The Room, William Theophilus Brown (United States, born 1919)  (Artist), 1960, Lithograph
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The Room, William Theophilus Brown (United States, born 1919)  (Artist), 1960, Lithograph
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Christ in the House of Mary and Martha, Michael Müller II (Workshop of)  (Artist), 1616, Pot metal; white glass with silver stain, sanguine, and enamel
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William Lesly, Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833 - 1898) , 1875, Etching and drypoint
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Portrait of Michael Goodman (Retrato de Michael Goodman), Diego Rivera (Mexico, Guanajuato, 1886 - 1957) , 1931, Pastel and pencil on paper
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Figure and Storm, William Brice (United States, New York, New York City, born 1921) , 1962, Lithograph
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Standing Figure, William Brice (United States, New York, New York City, born 1921) , 1962, Lithograph
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Female Torso I, William Brice (United States, New York, New York City, born 1921) , 1962, Lithograph
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Sitting Figure, William Brice (United States, New York, New York City, born 1921) , 1962, Lithograph
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William Warfield, Carl Van Vechten (United States, 1880 - 1964) , circa 1951, Gelatin-silver print
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Bowl, Michael Lacktman (United States, born 1938)  (Artist), 1966, Sterling silver
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William Blake, English, 1757-1827 Michael Foretelling the Crucifixion to Adam (Illustration to Milton"s "Paradise Lost")
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James Tissot William Eglinton etching printed in red 1885
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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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Yosemite, Michael A. Smith (United States, born 1942-02-16) , 1990, Gelatin-silver chloride print
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1963-1965, Computer cards and negatives
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Gaussian-Quadratic, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1963, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative
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Untitled, A. Michael Noll (United States, born 1939) , 1964-65, Computer card and 35 mm negative

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (7)
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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: Call far Artists: The 2008 Harnett Biennial of American Prints
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 include prints on paper using, but not limited to,...
Alan Cristea Gallery: Young Contemporaries 2009
Although Kate Atkin took her MA in photography (2003-05) at the Royal College of Art, she actually makes large-scale, intricate pencil drawings which she thinks of as slow-paced ‘re-enactments’ of what is shown in a photograph.  Atkin also works 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: Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection
Kipniss’ often repeated subjects - rolling landscapes, looming trees, still lifes and interiors - hark back to his youth in northwest Connecticut and suggest solitude, contemplation and reverie. Kipniss has stated that the “central impetus of my w...
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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William Michael Harnett - Turak Gallery - American Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries
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