biografía de Louis Comfort TIFFANY (1848-1933)

Lugar de nacimiento: NYC

Lugar de defunción: NYC

Direcciones: NYC, 1869-74, 1877-92); Oyster Bay, NY

Profesión: Painter, craftsperson

Estudios: Geo. Inness in NYC; L. Bailley in Paris

Exposiciones: NAD, 1867-92; Paris Salon, 1868 (his name may have been misspelled as Jiffany); Brooklyn AA, 1868-83; Boston AC, 1877; PAFA Ann., 1879-80, 1889; AIC, 1888-91, 1910-12, 1932; SNBA, 1894-99; Paris Expo., 1900 (gold); Dresden Expo., 1901 (gold); Turin Expo., Dec. A., 1901; St. Louis Expo., 1904; Corcoran Gal annual, 1908; Pan.-Pac. Expo., San Fran., 1915 (gold); S. Indp. A., 1920-22; Sesqui-Centenn. Expo., Phila., 1926 (gold); MMA, 1998 (retrospective)

Asociaciones: ANA, 1871; NA, 1880; SAA; AWCS; Arch. L., 1889; Century A.; NAC; NY Soc. FA; NY Mun. AS; AIGA; NSS; AFA; Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts; Imperial Soc. FA, Japan; Chevalier Legion of Honor, France, 1900.

Obra: MMA, L.C. Tiffany Fndtn., Oyster Bay, NY

Comentarios: He was the son of the founder of the well-known jewelry firm of Tiffany & Co. Early in his career he was a painter, specializing in Orientalist scenes, largely inspired by his 1869 trip to North Africa with Samuel Colman. In 1874, he was painting in Brittany. In 1879, he gave up painting and became president and art director of the Tiffany Studios, which produced the famous Tiffany Favrile glass that he originated, as well as the lamps with leaded glass shades. In 1918 he established the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation for art students at Oyster Bay, Long Island, and deeded to it his art collections, gallery, chapel, country estate, and $1 million.

Fuentes: WW31; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 359, 397; Falk, Exh. Record Series.