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Music and Literature by William Harnett

Allegory of Spring by Sandro Botticelli

William Harnett

from March, 2008 issue of U.S. Stamp News Magazine
by John F. Dunn

William Michael Harnett was born in Ireland in 1848 and was brought to Philadelphia as an infant. While training as a silver engraver, in 1866 he took evening classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Moving to New York in 1869, he worked in an engraving shop there while also attending the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art—and later the National Academy of Design. He returned to Philadelphia, and his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy, in 1876.

Even into the 1880s, he continued his studies, spending six years in Europe immersing himself in the old master still-life paintings. At that time he was influenced by the photography of Adolphe Braun.

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Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi ~ Sandro Botticelli ~ 1445–1510

Click here to learn more about the many stamps created from the art of Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi ~ Sandro Botticelli ~ 1445–1510, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
by John F. Dunn

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