Minneapolis Institute of Art
Still-life with Flute and Times
William Michael Harnett
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
In 1886, Irish-born William Harnett was arrested by New York police for displaying one of his paintings. His depiction of a five-dollar bill was so realistic he was charged with counterfeiting and scolded for wasting his talents on such endeavors. Clearly Harnett was a talented trompe l’oeil, or “trick the eye, ” painter. Still-life with Flute and Times displays the same convincing deception: the mimetic stoneware texture of the stein and the thin, raised rim of the pipe bowl are created through meticulous layering and build-up of paint. United States, Americas
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