Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art houses the most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany found anywhere, a major collection of American art pottery, and fine collections of late-19th and early-20th century American paintings, graphics and the decorative arts. It is located in Winter Park, Florida, USA.

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Louis Comfort Tiffany - Winter Park, Florida - USA

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The museum was founded by Jeannette Genius McKean in 1942 and named for her grandfather. She had long been an appreciator of Tiffany's art during times when his reputation had faded from sight. In 1957, the McKeans learned from one of Tiffany's daughters that his estate, Laurelton Hall, had burned to a ruin. Jeannette McKean decided to rescue the Tiffany treasures, then considered not worth saving. Her husband remembered her exact words at the scene of the devastation: "Let's buy everything that is left and try to save it." Later Tiffany acquisitions included the parts of his 1893 chapel for the World's Columbian Exposition.

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