Louis Comfort Tiffany Research Paper

Paper Two Louis Comfort Tiffany, born in 1848, was a famous American artist who specialized in glass making. In the beginning of Tiffany’s art career, he studied under American painters George Inness and Samuel Colman (Encyclopedia Britannica). Tiffany also went overseas to continue looking at art in different countries, including Europe and Morocco, to help expand his knowledge in various art forms (Biography.com). Once he returned back to the U.S., Tiffany became a well recognized painter. In 1875 Tiffany first began experimenting with stained glass, which led to him creating his own glassmaking factory (Frelinghuysen Page 3). Tiffany had a very successful career due to the profits he was able to make. During his career, he made various glass products including stained glassed windows, lamps, jewelry, pottery, and bibelots; he also created a new type of glass which is called favrile (Encyclopedia Britannica). Louis Comfort Tiffany died in 1933 in New York City, but his amazing collection of art is still very popular and well known today. A famous piece of work that Tiffany created, that is currently in the Figge Art Museum, is the River of Life …show more content…
Tiffany uses contrast in his composition to help direct the viewer’s eyes to different areas of his work. Typically, the viewer’s eyes start at the bright yellow sunset. When they look at the sunset, they then look at the dark contrast it has against the blue and purple mountains. The contrast between the two colors implies depth since it was created to resemble the horizon. After noticing the contrast, the viewer’s follow the organic form of the river and perceive the dark shades of blue surrounding the nature. The dark river then leads the viewer’s eyes to the patch of pink flowers. The pink flowers contrast against the surrounded complementary color green. The viewer then looks at the remaining foreground and by then has viewed the