USA

Interest in European art and taste was advancing in the USA after the American Civil War and Daniel Cottier saw the opportunity to extend his business and promote his aesthetic ideas. The Cottier Gallery in New York opened in 1873 after ‘an uphill fight’.

Cottier’s 5th Avenue address became a focus for artists and collectors as well as providing all manner of interior fittings and furnishings either imported from Europe or manufactured locally in Cottiers workshops.

American artists that Cottier associated with and encouraged included Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge, Olin Warner and Albert Pinkham Ryder.

Daniel Cottier became a leading figure in America’s ‘Gilded Age’ and his role as the ‘Pioneer of Aestheticism’ on the continent is increasingly recognised.

New York’s Metropolitan Museum has acquired several significant works and the one illustrated here is a recent acquisition. An article about this window and its relationship to others produced by Cottier and Co can be found here.