The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation was founded in 1918 by

Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art NouveauL ...

to operate his estate, Laurelton Hall, in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. It was designed to be a summer retreat for artists and craftspeople. In 1946 the estate closed and the foundation changed its purpose from a retreat to the bestowing of grants to artists. In closing down her father's residence after his death,

George Frederick Kunz George Frederick Kunz (September 29, 1856 – June 29, 1932) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector. Biography Kunz was born in Manhattan, New York City, USA, and began an interest in minerals at a very young age. By his teens, ...

' daughter, Ruby Zinsser, donated two paintings by Louis C. Tiffany to the Tiffany Foundation. "In 1935, the family of George F. Kunz donated two Tiffany paintings to the picture gallery." In this, she was following her father's inclination, since he had previously donated a Syrian bracelet and mineral collection to the Foundation in 1928.

Notable fellowship award recipients

Guy Anderson Guy Anderson (November 20, 1906 – April 30, 1998) was an American artist known primarily for his oil painting who lived most of his life in the Puget Sound region of the United States. His work is in the collections of numerous museums inc ...

, American painter from the Northwest School *

Marco Brambilla Marco Brambilla (born 25 September 1960) is an Italian-born Canadian contemporary artist and film director, known for re-contextualizations of popular and found imagery, and use of 3D imaging technologies in public installations and video art. Hi ...

, Italian-born Canadian contemporary artist and film director * Nicole Cherubini, American visual artist and ceramicist * Mario Cooper, American watercolor painter and sculptor 1949 * Marsha Cottrell, American artist * Alfred Crimi, American muralist and painter * Moyra Davey, New York-based artist specializing in photography, video and writing * Arthur Deshaies, American artist and printmaker * Janet Doub Erickson, for textile design in 1955, blockprinter, founder of the Blockhouse of Boston, and author * John Drury (1997), New York City *

Herbert Ferber Herbert Ferber (1906 – 1991) was an American Abstract Expressionist, sculptor and painter, and a "driving force of the New York School." Background Herbert Ferber Silvers was born on April 30, 1906, in New York City. In 1923, he be ...

(1930), New York City-based Abstract Expressionism sculptor * Teresita Fernández, New York City-based artist * Ann Gardner, American glass artist, mosaicist, and installation artist * Adam Helms, American artist based in Brooklyn, New York * Evan Holloway, artist based in Los Angeles. * Luise Clayborn Kaish, American artist known for her work in sculpture, painting, and collage *

Karen LaMonte Karen LaMonte (born December 14, 1967) is an American artist known for her life-size sculptures in ceramic, bronze, marble, and cast glass. Background LaMonte was born and grew up in Manhattan, New York. In 1990, after she graduated from the Rhod ...

, artist. * Ciel Bergman, then known as Cheryl Bowers, an American painter. *

Dante Marioni Dante Marioni (born March 3, 1964 in Mill Valley, California) is an American glass artist. Biography Dante Marioni grew up among many artistic influences. His father, Paul Marioni, was involved in the American studio glass movement and, as a ...

, American glass artist, work featured in the National Museum of Art,

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Josiah McElheny Josiah McElheny (1966, Boston) is an artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects (see Glass art). He is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program. He liv ...

, artist/sculptor, award winner of the Foundation's 1995 Biennial Competition *

Paul Meltsner Paul Raphael Meltsner (1905–1966) was an American artist who was widely recognized for his Works Progress Administration (WPA) era paintings and lithographs, and who was later known for his iconic portraits of celebrities in the performing ar ...

, WPA era painter and muralist *

George Joseph Mess George Joseph Mess (June 30, 1898 – June 24, 1962) was an American painter, printmaker, commercial artist, and art educator. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native began his career as a commercial artist and teacher; however, he became nationally known ...

, a 1931 award recipient, was an American painter, printmaker,

commercial artist Commercial art is the art of creative services, referring to art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising. Commercial art uses a variety of platforms (magazines, websites, apps, television, etc.) for viewers with the intent of prom ...

, and art educator based in

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* Veraldo J. Cariani, Brown County, Indiana and Massachusetts Painter, 1920. *

Wardell Milan Wardell Milan is an American visual artist residing in New York City. His work consists of drawing, painting, and photography, as well as constructing three-dimensional dioramas. According to the artist, he considers his work to be "visual narrat ...

, New York based artist *

Marilyn Minter Marilyn Minter (born 1948) is an American visual artist who is perhaps best known for her sensual paintings and photographs done in the photorealism style that blur the line between commercial and fine art. Minter currently teaches in the MFA de ...

, painter and photographer * Eric Norstad, Northern California ceramicist and architect * Rinaldo Paluzzi, American/Spanish painter and sculptor * Mavis Pusey, American abstract painter * Francis J. Quirk, American painter, 1932 *

Andrew Raftery Andrew Stein Raftery (born May 22, 1962, in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American artist and educator, known for his paintings, burin engravings, and drawings on fictional and autobiographical narratives of contemporary American life. Biog ...

, American engraver and painter. Recipient of Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in 2003. * Edna Reindel, American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and muralist. Recipient of Fellowship in 1926 and 1932 *

Noel Rockmore Noel Rockmore (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 1995) was born Noel Montgomery Davis to his mother, Gladys Rockmore Davis, and his father, Floyd Davis, in New York City.Rockmore, Noel, The World of Noel Rockmore, Published by Greer Gallery, Ne ...

, American painter from New York City and New Orleans. Recipient of Fellowship in 1956 and 1963 * Concetta Scaravaglione, sculptress in New York. Recipient of Fellowship in 1928 *

Larry Sultan Larry Sultan (July 13, 1946 – December 13, 2009) was an American photographer from the San Fernando Valley in California. He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1978 to 1988 and at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco ...

, American photographer * Marc Trujillo, North American artist/painter * Anne Wilson, Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist For all see Foundation's official website: www.louiscomforttiffanyfoundation.org

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Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: an artist's country estate
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the Foundation Arts organizations based in New York (state) Arts foundations based in the United States Arts organizations established in 1918 1918 establishments in New York (state) {{US-arts-org-stub