Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Louis Comfort Tiffany was a prominent American artist and designer best known for his innovative stained glass and decorative arts associated with the Art Nouveau movement.

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instanceOf artist
designer
glass artist
person
artisticTechnique copper-foil stained glass technique
opalescent glass
birthDate 1848-02-18
birthPlace New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1933-01-17
deathPlace New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
designed interiors for Mark Twain’s Hartford home
interiors for the White House under President Chester A. Arthur
educatedAt National Academy of Design
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
employer Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
surface form: Tiffany Studios
familyName Tiffany
father Charles L. Tiffany
surface form: Charles Lewis Tiffany
fatherNotableFor founding Tiffany & Co.
fatherOccupation jeweler
fieldOfWork decorative arts
interior design
stained glass
founded Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
surface form: Louis C. Tiffany & Co., Associated Artists

Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
surface form: Tiffany Studios
fullName Louis Comfort Tiffany self-link
givenName Louis
movement Aestheticism
surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts movement
nationality American
notableFor Favrile glass
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
surface form: Tiffany lamps

Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
surface form: Tiffany stained glass

ecclesiastical stained glass
leadlight windows
notableWork Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
surface form: Tiffany Favrile glass vases

stained glass windows for churches in the United States
occupation artist
businessman
designer
glassmaker
interior decorator
positionHeld art director of Tiffany Studios
residence New York City
spouse Louise Wakeman Knox
Mary Woodbridge Goddard

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Charles L. Tiffany child Louis Comfort Tiffany
Art Nouveau notableDesigner Louis Comfort Tiffany
Tiffany glass dome designedBy Louis Comfort Tiffany
Tiffany glass dome associatedWith Louis Comfort Tiffany
this entity surface form: Tiffany Studios
Tenth Street Studio Building notableResident Louis Comfort Tiffany
this entity surface form: John La Farge
Louis Comfort Tiffany fullName Louis Comfort Tiffany self-link
Petit Château interiorDesigner Louis Comfort Tiffany
this entity surface form: John La Farge
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company founder Louis Comfort Tiffany
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company predecessor Louis Comfort Tiffany
this entity surface form: Louis C. Tiffany and Associated Artists
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States hasNotableBurials Louis Comfort Tiffany
subject surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery
Favrile glass developedBy Louis Comfort Tiffany
Favrile glass associatedWithPerson Louis Comfort Tiffany
Favrile glass patentHolder Louis Comfort Tiffany
Favrile glass namedBy Louis Comfort Tiffany
Mary Woodbridge Goddard spouse Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louise Wakeman Knox spouse Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louise Wakeman Knox familyConnection Louis Comfort Tiffany
this entity surface form: Tiffany family of artists and designers
Louise Wakeman Knox associatedWith Louis Comfort Tiffany
Willard Memorial Chapel hasInteriorDesigner Louis Comfort Tiffany
National Arts Club notableMember Louis Comfort Tiffany
Wade Memorial Chapel interiorDesigner Louis Comfort Tiffany
Wade Memorial Chapel significantArtist Louis Comfort Tiffany