Courtesy of The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL.
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Exhibition: Watercolors from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s “Little Arcadia”
By Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) employed many designers, but only a handful of these individuals were selected to work in the enamel department, which Tiffany Studios employees somewhat enviously referred to as “little Arcadia.” Alice Carmen Gouvy (1863­–1924) and Lillian A. Palmié (1873–1944) were two of those designers selected. At Tiffany’s idyllic workshop, Gouvy, Palmié, and others were able to freely pursue their creativity without the stresses of Tiffany’s more commercially driven shops. Watercolor studies, examining plant species in detail, lined the enamel workshop’s walls. The designs served as guides and inspiration for many Tiffany enamels, and later ceramics. This exhibition includes a dozen watercolors including one, a colorful and sensitive study of a skunk cabbage executed and signed by Gouvy, recently acquired by the Morse. The watercolor depicts two distinct views of the cabbage, giving the viewer a completely whole, three-dimensional sense of the plant.

Guests may make an appointment or walk in to visit. A wait for entry may be requested depending on the number of visitors in the Museum.

To make an appointment or to review current visitor guidelines, please visit morsemuseum.org/plan-your-visit.

 

 

 

Date
September 16, 2022
Time
9:30am - 8:00pm
Location
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
445 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, Florida, 32789, United States
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Organizer
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
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Starts: Friday, September 16 09:30 -04:00 EDT - Ends: Friday, September 16 20:00 -04:00 EDT