Morse Museum opens three new exhibitions

On Tuesday, March 3, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art will present three new exhibitions that celebrate paintings and jewelry. The exhibition Beyond Glass: The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany presents Tiffany’s paintings, highlighting the artist’s continuous exploration of color and light in the medium. In Salon-Style Paintings, the Morse offers a selection of works displayed in an important historical method of hanging art. As the Museum’s Hugh F. McKean Curator, Dr. Kayli R. Rideout explains, “I hope our visitors will walk away from these exhibitions with renewed appreciation for painting. In the salon exhibition, visitors can experience, maybe for the first time, how these works would have been viewed over a century ago. The Tiffany paintings exhibition presents a lesser-known aspect of his career, and I hope