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: (100)
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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 Harnett - Memento Mor, "To This Favour" 1879 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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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 Strang Milton's Paradise Lost - Michael Sets Before Adam a Vision etching 1896
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Filippo Lippi - The Archangel Michael 1458 tempera on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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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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Charles William Sherborn Dante Gabriel Rossetti Etching 1890
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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 Bowen Big Sun aquatint etching with hand colored crayon 1975
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Stanley William Hayter Spanish War Relief Christmas Card Engraving 1938
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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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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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Michael Bowen She Had a Beautiful Sari and She Was Brain Dead from Exhaust Fumes collage 1986
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Michael Baltekal-Goodman Still Life Woodcut 1932
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Luca di Tomme - Virgin and Child with Saints Louis of Toulouse and Michael before 1362 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Francesco Bissolo - The Virgin and Child with Saints Michael and Veronica and Two Donors 1500-1525 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Michael Bergt Rock 'n' Wave graphite 1981
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Michael Bowen Brahma Bhur Bhuraha Svarom collage with watercolor, photograph and copper leaf 1986
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Anonymous Venus engraving ca. 1465
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Michael Baltekal-Goodman Canvas Mountains Woodcut 1930
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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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Harvey Breverman Study of Michael Rothenstein color lithograph 1973
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Anonymous Decent into Limbo engraving ca. 1797
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Michael Plonsky Sketches of Street Types Etching 1802
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© Michael Mazur ; Michael Mazur, American, Born in 1935 Growth 1996-97 Oil on canvas,
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Michael Holder The Abyss pen and black ink and wash circa 1953 - 1954
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George Michael Gaethke Clown Color screenprint 1941
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Artist: Michael Sweerts Title: Boy Drawing before the Bust of a Roman Emperor Date: about
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Anonymous Battle of the Horatii and the Curiatii engraving 1541
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Anonymous Two Fauns Carrying a Child engraving ca. 1515
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Hans Baldung Grien Adam and Eve woodcut 1519
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Michael Mazur Running Etching 1965
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Domenico Tojetti Mrs. Michael Harry de Young oil on canvas 1878
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James Tissot William Eglinton etching printed in red 1885
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Michael Mazur, American, Born in 1935 Seasons 1999 Oil on canvas Four panels, each 152.4
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Michael Wolgemut The Last Judgment Woodcut 1493
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Saint Michael Copy after Neroccio de" Landi (Italian, before 1907)Oil on wood; Arched top, 19
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Johann Christian Fritsch Michael Richey 18th - 19th century
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George Michael Gaethke Horses, No.2 mixed 19th - 20th century
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George Michael Gaethke Horses, No. 1 lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Hans Baldung Grien Saint James woodcut 1519
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Michael Lucero Self- Portrait (Pre- Columbus) glazed earthenware 1990
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Hans Baldung Grien Saint Peter woodcut 1519
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Michael Natalis Portrait of the Duc de la Tour Engraving 1665
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Master of the S-Series Tarocchi Emperor engraving circa 1470
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Goodhart-Ducciesque Master - Madonna and Christ Child with a Bishop Saint, St. John the Baptist, St Michael and an Unidentified Saint 1310-1320 Tempera on Panel Birmingham Museum of Art Italian
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Johann Michael Stock Johann Melchior Goeze 18th century
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The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict, altarpiece, late 1480s Luca Signorelli
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Captain Swaton Attributed to Paulin Jénot (French, active by 1886, died after 1930)Oil on canvas;
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Saint Michael and the Dragon Spanish (Valencian) Painter, first quarter 15th centuryTempera on wood, gold
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Paul Cadmus Male Model (Michael Kan) pen and black inik 1953
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Michael A. Baltekal Goodman Kids wood engraving ca. mid 20th century
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Michael Natalis Marriage of St. Catherine Engraving 17th century
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Michael Ponce de Leon Summer Horizons 5-color lithograph 20th century
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Henry Wolf Young Michael Angelo 19th - 20th century
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John Faber the Younger Portrait of Michael Rysbrack, sculptor mezzotint 1734
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Michael van der Gucht Untitled 17th - 18th century
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Madonna and Child with Saints Michael and Bernardino of Siena Neroccio de" Landi and Workshop
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Michael Mazur Calla Lily Diptych Monotype 1980
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Michael Mazur Still Life Palette #8 Color monotype 1979
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Michael Mazur Palette Still Life Color monotype 1978
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Michael Wolgemut [Papias] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Cityscape] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Cityscape] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Maximilianus] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Man with sword] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Crucifixtion] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Flagellation of two men] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Lucanus] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Bishop] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Bishop] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Natalis Portrait of the Prince de la Tour D'Auvergne Engraving 1665
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Michael Wolgemut [Micheas] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Rex Salomon] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut [Coronario...] woodcut 15th - 16th century
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Charles IX (1550-1574), King of France Style of François Clouet (French, painted shortly after 1561)Oil
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Icon; Archangel Michael Blessing the Martyred Saints Florus and Laurus of
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George Michael Gaethke Tiger and Monkey Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Friedrich Christian Krieger or Kruger Iohann Michael Heinze 18th - 19th century
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Michael Ponce de Leon Nude Embossed collage intaglio 20th century
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Michael Lucero Blue Heart Desert Arch Glazed earthenware 1989
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Henry Wolf Michael the Fiddler Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Saint Michael the Archangel Spanish (Andalusian) Painter, late 17th centuryOil on canvas; 64 3/4 x
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Michael Mazur, American, Born in 1935 Spring Blues for Larry 1989 Acrylic on panel 61
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Johann Ernst Mansfeld Michael Ignatz Scdmidt 18th century
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Johann Martin Bernigeroth Michael Henr. Gribner 18th century
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Michael van der Gucht Johannes Philips 17th - 18th century

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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