(P/B) LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY

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Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was the most important master of the decorative arts in America's "gilded age". He was a true visionary and one of the most original, creative, and influential designers of the period. Tiffany was the United States' leading proponent of Art Nouveau, the elegant, decorative and graceful style of ornamentation that flourished in Europe at the turn of the 20th century. He is also regarded as one of the first industrial designers to combine fine art and functional utility in his various creations, which are today known, appreciated and collected throughout the world. Tiffany was an industrious experimenter, obsessed with perfection and excellence, ideals he pursued to the fullest in his quest for a luxurious new aesthetic to suit American high style. Tiffany's widely varied career stretched over more than half a century, from 1870 to the middle of the 1920's. He possessed natural talent in numerous artistic fields. Early in his career Tiffany proved to be a gifted painter, an aspect of his work that often escapes public attention. He was also an architect, designed both landscapes and interiors, and created new styles for furniture, draperies, wallpaper, and rugs.
But as exquisite as these objects are, Tiffany is known all over the world as America's premier glass artist. Glass was the medium in which he excelled, for the intrinsic beauty of the material opened limitless creative possibilities and permitted him the optimal realization of his aesthetic ideas. Under his direct supervision, the expert artisans in his studios produced thousands of stained glass windows and lamps, tableware, mosaics and the most magnificent glass jewelry. (From the publisher)