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"The great thing in art—the thing that has helped me more than anything else—is the practice of looking at the beautiful and shutting out the ugly." Louis Comfort Tiffany, November 1910. #WednesdayWisdom
Plan Your Visit: Our new exhibition of Tiffany Studios designs reveals the human component of a complex creative organization that produced artworks of astounding variety and quality. See it for FREE this Friday from 4–8 p.m.! Lamp design, c. 1902–32. https://t.co/ousNbxFMbY
Albert Bierstadt's "Domes of the Yosemite," now on view, reconnects the Morse to St. Johnsbury, VT. Horace Fairbanks of E. & T. Fairbanks & Company there gave the 1867 painting to the @StJAthenaeum he founded. Charles Hosmer Morse, our namesake, worked with Fairbanks. #TBT
In our FREE Friday film this week, we'll explore portraits of #love in the BBC's "The Face of Britain." The movie begins at noon. Bring a lunch; we provide soft drinks. Shown here: "The Painter's Daughters Chasing a Butterfly," 1756, Thomas Gainsborough. https://t.co/suoqQAQwYy
This vibrant watercolor landscape, c. 1910, is a 10-by-5-inch design sketch for a custom Tiffany Studios window. See this and other examples of the art behind the object in "Tiffany Studios Designs" at the Morse. https://t.co/PFoZgIWabh
Learn about Louis Comfort Tiffany's L.I. estate, Laurelton Hall, on curator tours tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. https://t.co/aX0DTxJpcy
Long before there was today's #NationalBirdDay to celebrate, J. & R. Lamb Studios paid tribute to a pair of dynamic and colorful wild parrots in a c. 1903 leaded-glass window it made for exhibition. This window is currently on view. https://t.co/aB4VkjvDcJ
This Friday is family night! Join us for #free events—including a printmaking demonstration— beginning at 4 p.m. Woodblock print, 1886, Frederick Church. https://t.co/3IxPpJKOHd
Christmas in the Park is one week from today! The @BachFestivalWP choir has been teaming up with our Tiffany windows for the event since 1986. This 1990 photo was taken when the celebration, much smaller in scale, was set in south Central Park. #TBT https://t.co/UDFnsBrA1l
Molded glass gives the purple-and-blue grape clusters in this Tiffany window, c. 1902–15, a three-dimensional appearance. The window, 29 inches high by 38 1/2 inches wide, is one of a pair now on view. https://t.co/RWWEEXPLbh