The art and life of Louis Comfort Tiffany were filled with drama, color, and complexity. A hardworking perfectionist, relentness in his quest for beauty, he was also a canny entrepreneur who realized his aesthetic vision using the industrial methods of modernity. Tiffany began his career as a painter, but was soon drawn into the field of domestic design, creating lavish rooms in a neo-Oriental style. At a time when the decorative arts were in the ascendancy in both Europe and America, Tiffany was smitten with a passion for glass. |