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  1. MFAH Playdate (At Home): Fun in the Garden

    Oct 12, 2020 - Start with Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida’s painting Louis Comfort Tiffany, on view in Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library. Then discover a work by American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany himself: the beautiful glass window A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels. PlaydateNow it’s time for “Fun in the Garden”!

  2. Lecture | Tiffany’s Glass Visions of the Natural World: An Extraordinary Landscape Window

    Her purview includes 18th- to early-20th-century ceramics and glass; furniture of the Gilded Age and Arts & Crafts Movement; and the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Commissioned by a woman, conceived by a woman, and largely crafted by women, the window brings focus to the significant—yet largely unknown—role of women in the art of renowned glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. Frelinghuysen’s long-standing work on Tiffany has resulted in many publications, exhibitions, and lectures. This MFAH lecture is endowed by the Houston Antiques Dealers Association.

  3. See Glorious Masterpieces from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

    May 14, 2021 - designer Louis Comfort Tiffany. Louis Comfort Tiffany by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (slideshow image #4)While in the United States for an exhibition tour in 1911, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida undertook several portrait commissions, including one for renowned American

  4. Drop-in Tour | The American Gilded Age

    This tour explores the work of “Gilded Age” artists such as Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.  Plan Your Visit This tour is free with Museum admission.

  5. In the Galleries or at Home: Tune in to the “Glory of Spain” Audio Guide

    Sep 21, 2020 - Spotlight on Louis Comfort Tiffany by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida“Sorolla is known as the great Spanish Impressionist.

  6. Artists in Dialogue | Inspired by “The Obama Portraits Tour”

    Albee residency grant, a visual artist grant in sculpture from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and a 2017 Houston Artadia Award. Safety Guidelines Masks are recommended in Museum auditoriums.

  7. American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    The many other highlights include Edward Hicks’s beloved Peaceable Kingdom; Louis Comfort Tiffany’s iridescent peacock-feather Vase; the poignant marble sculpture The Last of the Tribes by Hiram Powers; Albert Bierstadt's spectacular

  8. Art Encounters | Exploring Mosaics

    This Art Encounters session focuses on creating a collaborative mosaic inspired by the work of contemporary artist Tyler Allen and by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels.

  9. Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues Directed by Sacha Jenkins(USA, 2022, digital) Contains some scenes with strong language  This new film revisits the music, and reappraises the politics, of legendary jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues addresses the musician’s experiences with segregation and the criticism he faced for not actively participating in the civil-rights movement.

  10. Meet Me in St. Louis

    Louis, set in the time leading to the 1904 World’s Fair. The story concerns a colorful, early-20th-century St. Louis family and their emotional experience when they learn their father has been transferred—and they must move to New York. Songs include “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”