Paintings By Louis Comfort Tiffany and His Circle
October 20, 2009 through July 4, 2010
Although Louis Comfort Tiffanyís name is most often associated with his work in the medium of glass, he established himself first as a painter and continued to paint throughout his lifetime. Drawing from works in the Morse collection, this new installation provides a view of Tiffany paintings in the context of artists who he believed in some way shared his commitment to beauty. The exhibit includes works by Tiffany alongside those of contemporaries such as Samuel Colman, Elihu Vedder, Charles Hawthorne, and Cecilia Beaux.
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A Brilliant Setting—American Cut and Pressed Glass Tableware 1876–1917
October 14, 2008 through October 4, 2009
The Museum’s newest vignette includes more than five dozen examples of American-made glass tableware from the late-19th and early 20th centuries, including hand-cut luxury glass—also known as brilliant-cut glass—and the very popular Three Face pattern glassware produced by George Duncan & Sons of Pittsburgh. In this era, beginning with prizes won at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, American glassware was celebrated for its superiority in craftsmanship and design.
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Recent Acquisitions—Studies by Lockwood de Forest
October 14, 2008 through June 7, 2009
The Museum was recently fortunate to acquire a group of 27 oil studies by landscape painter Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932). Dating from 1874 to 1911, these beautiful plein air sketches are being exhibited for the first time in this installation. De Forest was also a partner in Louis Tiffany’s early decorating businesses. He organized a woodcarving workshop in India and functioned as an importer of various components particularly important to Tiffany’s interiors.
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Quest of Beauty—Louis Comfort Tiffany's Life and Art
November 6, 2007 through January 25, 2009
This exhibition examines Tiffany's "quest of beauty" through five phases of his life and a selection of about 100 objects. These include leaded-glass windows and blown-glass vases created by the artist for exhibition, personal objects Tiffany owned, photographs of his long-lost interior designs, as well as various records and awards.
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Orientalism—An Eye for the Exotic
August 15, 2007 through September 28, 2008
An installation of about two dozen American and European decorative objects, this traditional Morse vignette reflects Western fascination with the art and design of the Orient during the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
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View of Oyster Bay
May 10, 2007 through March 23, 2008
Louis Comfort Tiffany's masterful leaded-glass landscape window, View of Oyster Bay, which has been on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1978, has returned home to Winter Park for a limited time while major renovations are underway in the Metropolitan's American Wing
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A Florida Gallery
March 7, 2007 through August 5, 2007
Hugh and Jeannette McKean, both artists themselves, collected a variety of Florida art and objets d'art. This vignette features a fictional gallery installed with a selection of those works, including paintings by Lois Bartlett Tracy, Lucien Harris III, Andre Smith, and the African-American artists now known as "The Highwaymen."
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Dickens to Benton—Rare Books and Works
on Paper from the Morse Collection
January 30, 2007 through October 14, 2007
This exhibition marks the first major showing of the strong and charming group of books, prints, and drawings collected by Hugh and Jeannette McKean. From an 1844 edition of Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit to a 1941 lithograph by Thomas Hart Benton, the installation features work by some of the finest artists and illustrators of the era.
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Windows and Wonders—
Tiffany from the Morse Vaults
October 11, 2005 through August 31, 2007
Marking the Museum's 10th anniversary at its Park Avenue location, this exhibition showcases works from the Louis Comfort Tiffany collection that the Museum has rarely if ever exhibited. These include a dozen leaded-glass windows and 85 other varied objects-fancy desk sets, bronzed pottery, art glass, and more.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall—
An Artist's Country Estate
November 21, 2006 through May 20, 2007
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
More than 100 Tiffany windows, architectural ornaments and other objects from the Morse Museum's collection of works from Tiffany's Long Island estate are being shown alongside works from both private and public collections. The exhibition is organized by the Metropolitan in collaboration with the Morse.
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Domestic Treasures—Tiffany Art Glass for the Public
February 8, 2005 through January 14, 2007
The Morse Museum's most comprehensive exhibition ever of its collection of Tiffany art glass, including more than 100 examples of vases, tableware, and mosaic tiles from the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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Tiffany Church Pulpit and Windows
March 7, 2006 through September 11, 2006
A new acquisition, this church pulpit designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1907 for the South Presbyterian Church in Syracuse, New York, is solid oak inlaid with blue, green, and pearl-white glass mosaics. Also on view are two lancet windows from the Tiffany-decorated church.
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Carnival Glass from the Morse Collection
October 5, 2004 to March 3, 2006
From 1908 to about 1918, mass-produced, pressed-glass objects with brilliantly colored iridescent surfaces were wildly popular throughout the world. This installation features a selection of more than 35 examples from the primary American manufacturers.
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Sculpting Nature—
The Favrile Pottery of L.C. Tiffany
February 3, 2004 to January 9, 2005
Marking the 100th anniversary of the introduction of Louis Comfort Tiffany's art pottery, this exhibition illustrates influences and sources of Tiffany's pottery as well as its highly developed sculptural nature. It features 66 examples of Tiffany ceramics, including more than a dozen new acquisitions made with the exhibition in mind.
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The Illuminated Vision—
Tiffany Lamps and Lighting
February 4, 2003 through January 9, 2005
Louis Comfort Tiffany's unique vision for lighting secured his broadest popularity a hundred years ago and helps continue his celebrity today. The exhibition showcases more than 40 Tiffany lamps, including leaded, blown, and molded glass types, award-winning designs, and personal creations for his country estate.
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Art Nouveau in Europe and America—
from the Morse Collection
February 5, 2002 through January 12, 2003
From its permanent collection, the Morse presents almost 90 objects representing the bold international decorative arts movement known as Art Nouveau (1890-1910). The exhibition features furniture, architectural ornaments, lamps, jewelry, ceramics, and art glass from more than 25 artists and designers working across nine countries.
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Three Women of Taste and Style—
Their Hats from the 1870s through the 1940s
October 15, 2002 through September 28, 2003
This installation showcases 22 hats from the Morse collection that reveal the tastes of three women over the span of some 70 years. The vignette includes bonnets, cloches, and flowery straws bearing labels from Chicago, New York, and Paris-all expressing the best of the milliner's art.
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Scenes from America's Past—
The Sculpture of John Rogers
November 28, 2000 through May 13, 2001
In his charming sculptures of daily life, John Rogers (1829–1904) made one of the earliest efforts to fashion a distinct image of Americans. The 31 sculptures on view, draw from literature such as Romeo and Juliet, and experiences such as a young couple's visit to the parson, to show Rogers' broadly popular subject matter.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany—Turn-of-the-Century Photographer
February 13, 2001 through June 10, 2001
It is a little-known fact that Louis Comfort Tiffany explored the medium of photography both for its practical benefits and its potential as an art form. This exhibition of 27 photographs from our collection, including such varied subjects as landscapes and boats, is the first known exhibition of Tiffany's photographs.
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