“Becoming Tiffany: From Hudson Valley Painter to Gilded Age Tastemaker” at Lyndhurst, New York
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“Becoming Tiffany: From Hudson Valley Painter to Gilded Age Tastemaker” at the Lyndhurst, New York, charts the development of legendary artist Louis Comfort Tiffany’s career from the 1870s through the early 1900s. The exhibition, with a focus primarily
“Becoming Tiffany: From Hudson Valley Painter to Gilded Age Tastemaker” at Lyndhurst, New York
“Becoming Tiffany: From Hudson Valley Painter to Gilded Age Tastemaker” at the Lyndhurst, New York, charts the development of legendary artist Louis Comfort Tiffany’s career from the 1870s through the early 1900s. The exhibition, with a focus primarily on early and rarely-exhibited works, features more than 50 pieces including glass and mosaics from the Haworth Collection in Accrington, England, the home town of Tiffany’s glass foreman, rare textiles from the Mark Twain House, rarely seen early paintings from the Brooklyn and Nassau County museums, and furniture and decorative arts from the Driehaus, and other notable private collections.“Works in the exhibition reveal [Tiffany’s] radical exploration of racial inequality in the North, his pictorial documentation of rampant industrialization along the Hudson River, his adoption of Orientalist subjects, as well as his close relationships with women patrons, collaborators, and designers,” writes the gallery. One of the most celebrated American artists, Tiffany’s later work on lamps and stained-glass church windows is well documented. “‘Becoming Tiffany’ takes a different approach to the artist’s life and work and focuses on his early work as a painter and decorator, telling the story of how he used his wealth and position in society as the son of the founder of Tiffany & Co. to further his career,” describes the gallery.According to the gallery, Tiffany started out in the 1870s as a second-generation Hudson Valley painter. Being one of the first American painters to travel to France and gain exposure in French Realism, Tiffany was often considered a radical in both theme and technique. “Tiffany’s stark and rarely-exhibited painting ‘Old New York’ (Formerly Duane Street ) depicting the African-American neighborhood that was destroyed to construct the Brooklyn Bridge is being lent by the Brooklyn Museum,” states the gallery.In the 1880s, he became an interior decorator, drawing inspiration for his work from his travels to Egypt and Morocco. Near Eastern genre themes and decorative patterns can be seen in his paintings, early glasswork, and furniture. He also started designing synagogues for the Jewish community at this time. The exhibition features several important works from this period including a group of five Orientalist paintings by Tiffany from the Nassau County Museum of Art.“The exhibition also documents how Tiffany worked with wealthy neighbors, such as Jay Gould and his daughter Helen, to further his career,” adds the gallery. Jay Gould’s commission of an early Tiffany window for the Gould family mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery is on display for the first time. Also featured are a large suite of windows of the same time period that are believed to be early Tiffany windows.The exhibition is on view through September 24, 2018, at the Lyndhurst gallery and mansion, Tarrytown, New York.For more details, visit: http://lyndhurst.orgClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more
