Louis Comfort Tiffany

Life in context.

21. Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)
Louis trained as a painter before turning to decorative arts. He experimented extensively with opalescent glass and built a large design enterprise whose windows and lamps became synonymous with American Art Nouveau. He later served as Tiffany & Co.’s first design director and created Laurelton Hall as a personal artistic environment.
Evidence status. Collateral family relationship; not a direct ancestor.
Verified Tiffany relationship diagram prepared from the corrected family research. It is a relationship diagram, not a portrait.
Research sources: Tiffany & Co. heritage — Louis Comfort Tiffany; Metropolitan Museum / decorative-arts references