Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Born	February 18, 1848 • New York City • New York
Died	January 17, 1933 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style	Art Nouveau
Notable Family Members	father Charles Lewis Tiffany

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Émile Gallé

French glass designer

Maurice Marinot

French glassmaker

Paolo Venini

Italian glassmaker

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Scottish architect and designer

René Lalique

French jeweler

Jan Thorn-Prikker

Dutch artist

Alexander Girard

American architect and designer

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John La Farge

American painter

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Italian theatrical designer

Henri Matisse

French artist

The Virgin Enthroned with the Child, Surrounded by the Patrons of Siena, Angels, and Saints, central panel of the Maestà, tempera on wood panel by Duccio, 1308–11; in the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Piazza Duomo, Siena, Italy.

Duccio

Italian painter

Robert Adam

Scottish architect

Marc Chagall

Belorussian-born French artist

William Morris

British artist and author

Fernand Léger

French painter

Paolo Uccello

Italian painter

Philippe Starck

French designer

Georges Rouault

French artist

Pierre Soulages

French painter and printmaker

Charles Le Brun

French painter

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