Tiffany to Sargent: Highlights of the Gilded Age at The Met Museum

Explore furniture, decorative arts and paintings of the Gilded Age

(Best suited for adults and teenagers that have a strong interest in the Gilded Age and art)

Duration

90 minutes
(All inside the museum)

Overview

Join Carl Raymond, host of The Gilded Gentleman history podcast, for this unique and wide-ranging look at art inside The Met Museum that was created during America’s famous Gilded Age. Carl will guide you through the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and weave together a story of the styles, the artists, the architects, the sculptors and the painters that gave the Gilded Age its look.

This tour will combine masterpieces of the period with some of the biggest names together with lesser-known yet essential works by nearly forgotten artists. Artists discussed will include Louis Comfort Tiffany, John LaFarge, Augustus Saint-Gaudens Thomas Cole, Eastman Johnson, Mary Cassatt, Frederick Remington, Winslow Homer, James McNeil Whistler, and Childe Hassam among others.

You’ll come away with a clear understanding of how artists responded to one of the most important periods in American history and gave it its opulence and style.

The Tour:

The tour will last between 90 minutes and two hours and wind through at least six of the Met’s curatorial departments, including Greek and Roman Art, Egyptian Art, Asian Art, Medieval Art, and European Paintings. Before you enter the museum, you will gaze at its four-city-block-long facade and learn about the Met’s 150-year history, its architectural peculiarities, and fascinating details of its operations that Patrick knows firsthand. As you walk through the galleries, you will be treated to several narrative threads about the Met, expertly interwoven. You will hear:

• An in-depth discussion and understanding of the work and genius of Louis Comfort Tiffany

• A chance to view furniture and decorative pieces that once belonged to the Vanderbilt family

• Understand how paintings, decorative arts and furniture worked together by viewing the Period Rooms

*A discussion of key women artists of the period including Mary Cassatt and Cecilia Beaux

• In addition to understanding their subject matter, the tour will include a discussion of the techniques of artists such as John Singer Sargent.

• The tour will cover the range of artistic movements during the 19th century including the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, and portraiture.

Please Note

This tour takes place inside, the museum, so you don't need to worry about weather

Private Group: Please contact us for pricing and availability