Louis Comfort Tiffany
| Louis Comfort Tiffany | |
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(c.1908)
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| Born |
February 18, 1848 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | January 17, 1933 (aged 84) New York City, New York, USA |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Education |
Pennsylvania Military Academy Eagleswood Military Academy |
| Known for | Favrile glass, Tiffany lamps |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Woodbridge Goddard (1872-1884; her death) Louise Wakeman Knox (1886-1904; her death) |
| Parent(s) |
Charles Lewis Tiffany Harriet Olivia Avery Young |
Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork. He was the first Design Director at his family company, Tiffany & Co., founded by his father Charles Lewis Tiffany.
Louis Comfort Tiffany was born in New York City, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly's landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany.
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