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Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau movement. Tiffany was a painter and interior decorator and designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork.
Personal life
Louis was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. Louis married Mary Woodbridge Goddard (c1850-1884) on May 15, 1872 in Norwich, Connecticut and had the following children: Mary Woodbridge Tiffany (1873-1963) who married Graham Lusk; Charles Louis Tiffany I (1874-1874); Charles Louis Tiffany II (1878-1947); and Hilda Goddard Tiffany (1879-1908). After the death of his wife, he married Louise Wakeman Knox (1851-1904) on November 9, 1886. They had the following children: Louis Comfort Tiffany II (1887-1974); Julia DeForest (1887-1973); Annie Olivia Tiffany (1888-1892); and Dorothy Trimble Tiffany (1891-1979).
He went to school at the Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness and Samuel Coleman in New York City, and Léon Bailly in Paris.
Career
From about 1875 to 1878, when he became interested in glassmaking and worked several at glasshouses in Brooklyn. In 1879 he joined with Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form 'Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. Tiffany's leadership and talent, as well as by his father's money and connections, led this business to thrive. More on [ Louis Comfort Tiffany ]
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Stained Glass Windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany - Featuring photographs of windows by Tiffany.
Tiffany Studios: Notes on Marks, Authentication and Reproduction - Essential Tiffany facts, and information of particular interest to those collecting the studio's work. Bibliography; no illustrations.
Meta Description: [ Carl Heck Decorative Arts presents as a service quotes from several authorities on essential Tiffany facts, and collecting ]
Tiffany Windows in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Offers photographs of some of Tiffany's most famous stained glass windows from the Met's collection.
Tiffany, Louis Comfort: Morse Museum Collection of Glass - The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is widely known for its collection of stained glass and glass objects from the Tiffany Studios. In addition to background and history of the glass and its making, the Tiffany Chapel, Tiffany's Laurelton Hall (his home), and general information about the Arts Crafts movement. Generously illustrated.
Tiffany, Louis Comfort: The Rivalry Between Him and John La Farge - Long illustrated article on the competition between La Farge and Tiffany, both of whom claimed to have invented American opalescent stained glass, both of whom trademarked it, their legal battle and its outcome.
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Tiffany, Louis Comfort: Works Viewable on the Internet - Useful set of links to the artist's works in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
Meta Description: [ Louis Comfort Tiffany [American Art Nouveau Stained Glass Artist, 1848-1933] Guide to pictures of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. ]
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