The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art houses the most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany found anywhere, a major collection of American art pottery, and fine collections of late-19th and early-20th century American paintings, graphics and the decorative arts. It is located in Winter Park, Florida, USA. Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) was an American artist most famous for his Art Nouveau pieces in stained glass. ... Winter Park is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ...

The museum was founded by Jeannette Genius McKean in 1942 and named for her grandfather. She had long been an appreciator of Tiffany's art during times when his reputation had faded from sight. In 1957, the McKeans learned from one of Tiffany's daughters that his estate, Laurelton Hall, had burned to a ruin. Jeannette McKean decided to rescue the Tiffany treasures, then considered not worth saving. Her husband remembered her exact words at the scene of the devastation: "Let's buy everything that is left and try to save it." Later Tiffany acquisitions included the parts of his 1893 chapel for the World's Columbian Exposition. World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 The World Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World. ...

The Tiffany collection

The Tiffany collection forms the centerpiece of the Morse Museum. It includes fine examples in every medium he explored, in every kind of work he produced, and from every period of his life. Holdings range from a magnificent set of his famed leaded-glass windows right down to glass buttons! It includes paintings and extensive examples of his pottery, as well as jewelry, enamels, mosaics, watercolors, lamps, furniture and scores of examples of his Favrile blown glass.

Perhaps the most stunning room in the Tiffany collection is the reconstructed chapel he created for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, with its brilliantly colorful windows, mosaics, Byzantine-Romanesque architectural elements and furnishings. The chapel has been fully reassembled and is open to the general public for the first time in more than 100 years. It is approximately 39 feet long and 23 feet wide, rising at its highest point to about 24 feet. Taken as a whole, it is an extraordinary artistic achievement. World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 The World Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World. ...

Other collections

Other leaded-glass windows in the collection include work by William Morris, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, John LaFarge and Arthur Nash. Emile Gallé, Rene Lalique, and Peter Carl Fabergé are represented in the jewelry and silver. The furniture collection includes pieces by Emile Gallé, Louis Majorelle, and Gustav Stickley, as well as those by Tiffany. The museum also has over 800 pieces in its 19th century American Art Pottery collection, including about 300 Rookwood pieces. The sculpture collection includes work by Thomas Crawford, Hiram Powers, Daniel Chester French, John Rogers, and others. This page is about William Morris the writer, designer and socialist. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry [sometimes Henri] Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism and is considered by many to be the creator of the Prairie School of Architecture. ... Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... John LaFarge (March 31, 1835–November 14, 1910) was a painter,stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer. ... René Jules Lalique was born in Ay, Marne, France on April 6, 1860, and died May 5, 1945. ... Peter Carl Fabergé (May 30, 1846 – September 24, 1920) was a Russian jeweller, best known for his fabulous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. ... no ... Gustav Stickley Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858 - April 21, 1942) was a furniture maker and architect as well as the leading spokesperson for the American Arts and Crafts movement. ... Thomas Crawford (March 22, 1813/14 – October 10, 1857) was a sculptor who was born in New York. ... Hiram Powers (1805 - 1873) was a U.S. neoclassical sculptor. ... Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 - October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. ... John Rodgers or John Rogers may refer to: John Rodgers John Rodgers (1772 - 1838), U.S. Naval officer during the War of 1812 John Rodgers (1812 - 1882), U.S. Naval officer during the Civil War, son of the first John Rodgers John Rodgers (1881 - 1926), U.S. Naval officer during...

The museum also has a good collection of American paintings and prints. The paintings include work by Samuel F. B. Morse (a relative of Charles Hosmer Morse), Thomas Doughty, George Inness, John Singer Sargent, Rembrandt Peale, Cecilia Beaux, Martin Johnson Heade, Maxfield Parrish, Arthur B. Davies, Hermann Herzog, Thomas Hart Benton, and Samuel Colman. Prints include work by some of the same artists as well as Grant Wood, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, Childe Hassam, John Stewart Curry, and Edward Hopper. Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Morse in earlier years Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Thomas Doughty (1793–1856) was an American artist of the Hudson River School. ... George Inness was a United States painter, born in Newburgh, New York on May 1, 1825, and who died at Bridge of Allan, Scotland, on August 3, 1894. ... Self Portrait, oil painting, 1907 John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 - April 14, 1925) was a painter especially known for his fine portraits. ... Rembrandt Peale (22 February 1778 - 3 October 1860) was a United States Neoclassical painter. ... Cecilia Beaux is an American society portraitist, in the nature of John Singer Sargent. ... Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) was an American painter of the Hudson River School. ... Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 - March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator. ... Thomas Hart Benton is a name shared by the following American men: Thomas Hart Benton (senator) (1782-1858) Thomas Hart Benton (painter) (1889-1975) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Stained glass window by Wood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grant Wood (February 13, 1892 - February 12, 1942) was a United States painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. ... Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926) was an American painter. ... Categories: 1839 births | 1906 deaths | French painters | Post-impressionism | Artist stubs ... Frederick Childe Hassam (October 17, 1859 - August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter. ... Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967) was an American painter, best remembered for his eerily realistic depictions of solitude in contemporary American life. ...