Born in New York City to the founder of Tiffany & Co., the famous
jewelry store, Louis Comfort Tiffany became known for his designs of
richly colored works of glass in the Art Nouveau style. However, he
expressed no interest in the family business and focused on his own
painting talents, starting as a creator of landscapes, still lifes, and
genre scenes, working in both oil and watercolor.
He studied
painting with landscapist George Inness, who gave him much encouragement.&n (showing 500 of 6929 characters). |
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Louis Tiffany is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Art Nouveau
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
Paris Pre 1900
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