LIFE AND WORKS

1. LIFE AND WORKS

2. WILLIAM MICHAEL HARNETT 1848-1892 • Born In Ireland • Moved to Philadelphia as a child with family • Studied Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts & later at the National Academy of Design & Cooper Union at New York. • Initially, he made his living making engravings on fine silver. • He was a STILL LIFE PAINTER • He used TROMPE L’OEIL as his painting technique. • He was an amateur musician and played flute. • He used several musical instruments and everyday items as props in his paintings. • He knew how to read music and the music in his paintings can actually be played. • He was extremely meticulous and detailed, with a keen sense of design and clarity of vision. • Winslow Homer & La Farge were Harnett’s American contemporaries.

3. TROMPE L’OEIL (tromp’ lowee) • TrompeL’oeil (tromp’ low-ee) is French for “fool of the eye. • A trompe-l’oeil painting looks so realistic that it appears as though real objects are on the surface of the canvas or any background medium. • This technique was used in still life paintings as early as 16th century. • This was popular with the public, but the art critics had mixed reactions to it. • Mainstream art critics hated this work as mereimitation, just a trick. • Therefore, painters often displayed their works in saloons, department stores and trade shows. TrompeL’oeil of a French Courtyard

4. Trompe l'oeil Works Around The World Fresco with Trompe l'oeil Andrea Pozzo - 1703 Escaping Criticism, 1874, PereBorrell del Caso, oil on canvas A sculptural mosaic in the form of a carpet thrown over marble steps -2003 Julian Beever – Chalk on Pavement - Tokyo

5. Let’s try some Line & Space Worksheets & Perception exercises to understand TrompeL’oeil

7. MY GEMS 1888 • Harnett created this painting just 4 years before he died. • Props that he used for this painting are items that were very dear to his heart. • Music is from Verdi’s Rigoletto • Books are from Shakespeare, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida. • This is an oil painting on wood. • It is hanging in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

8. OTHER NOTABLE WORKSOF HARNETT Memento Mori -To This Favour Still life violin and music - 1888 After the Hunt - 1883

9. William Harnett @ Art Institute of Chicago Just Dessert, 1891 – Oil on Canvas For Sunday's Dinner, 1888 – Oil on canvas

10. FUN HARNETT PUZZLES http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=210 Click the above link to direct you to the various works of Harnett http://www.museumsyndicate.com/jigsaw/jigsaw.php?id=23096 Click the above link to direct you to “Attention Company” jigsaw puzzle. http://www.museumsyndicate.com/jigsaw/jigsaw.php?id=23119 Click the above link to direct you to “Still Life: Violin and Music” jigsaw puzzle.

11. Still Life: Violin and Music

12. ATTENTION COMPANY

13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! HAVE FUN MAKING GREAT WORKS OF ART.