1. LIFE AND WORKS

2.  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’ 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 16 th century.  This was popular with the public, but the art critics had mixed reactions to it.  Mainstream art critics hated this work as mere imitation, just a trick.  Therefore, painters often displayed their works in saloons, department stores and trade shows. Trompe L’oeil of a French Courtyard

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

7.  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. Still life violin and music - 1888After the Hunt - 1883 Memento Mori -To This Favour

9. Just Dessert, 1891 – Oil on Canvas For Sunday's Dinner, 1888 – Oil on canvas

10. 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.

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