Louis Comfort Tiffany was the famous son of a famous father. The father founded Tiffany & Co, the eminent New York jewellery and silver store; the son became the foremost American exponent of Art Nouveau. Interior decorator and architect, painter in oil and watercolour, designer, jeweller and, above all, creator of the richly glowing, iridescent glass which is indelibly associated with his name, Tiffany was the leader of American taste in art and decoration for 40 years. Always experimenting, never limiting his curiosity as an artist, Tiffany's prodigious energy and creativity found form in stained glass, mosaic, pottery, enamels, tapestries, jewellery, furniture, landscape and house design.
At the turn of the century, Tiffany was at the height of his creativity, his popularity was immense, and he was showered with awards, from the Legion d'Honneur to an honourary degree from Yale. And yet, a mere decade later, the tide of fashion turned against him. The harsh realities of the First World War and the reaction against the bizarre fantasies and creative imaginings of the Art Nouveau epoch spelled the end of Tiffany's popularity. Many of his works were removed from prominence, destroyed accidentally by fire or deliberately. He died in virtual obscurity, his work forgotten or ignored by the art world of the day.
It was only in the 1950s that a new interest in Tiffany glass began to emerge; today his work commands fabulous prices and his name once more is synonymous with glamour and luxury, beauty and colour. The dramatic story of his rise and fall is that of a man convinced of his own genius, adventurous and talented enough to be unorthodox, feted, ignored and finally vindicated by time.
Superb, full-colour illustrations reveal the full range of Tiffany's genius as a colourist, artist, designer and craftsman.
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