Through January 20th, 2013
The Museum of Biblical Art
1865 Broadway at 61st Street
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Tiffany Studios, New York. Frederick Wilson, designer.
The Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory (Brainard Memorial Window), ca. 1901. Leaded Glass.
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- Ken Johnson, The NY Times,
This exhibition considers the breadth and depth of the firm's oeuvre and the place Tiffany Studios created for itself in American religious art. Take a docent, curator, or audio-guided tour, all gratis!
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) is most famously known for decorating wealthy households during the late 19th and early 20th centuries with lamps, metalwork, stained glass windows and art glass. Tiffany Studios experimented with colored and textured glass to produce some of the most aesthetically beautiful and innovative glass designs of the era. The Times reported how Tiffany's glass creations during the Gilded Age coincided with a "frenzy of ecclesiastical building" which "created a terrific demand for designers who could make houses of worship...also theaters of inspiring beauty."
Through January 20th, 2013, the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) extends a FREE invitation to visit Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion. This exhibition is the first ever dedicated solely to Tiffany's ecclesiastical work, some of which The Wall Street Journal buzzed has never been on display to the public. For 50 years, working under a variety of company names, Tiffany oversaw production and marketing of a vast assortment of decorative elements for America's leading congregations--Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. For one day only, on January 9th, experience a special off-site tour of the Tiffany glass of Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue at 65th Street. Elka Deitsch, Senior Curator of the Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica will lead guests to view two works that Tiffany Studios created for Temple Emanu-El. Experience first-hand why Tiffany glass "raised architectural compositions of colored glass and other materials to the level of precious jewels."
When:
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013, 2:00-3:00 pm
Temple Emanu-El, Fifth Avenue at 65th Street
