DE FOREST (DeForest), Lockwood, II. New York City 23.6.1850 — Santa Barbara, Cal. 3.4.1932. U.S. Artist and Designer interested in Indian and Tibetan Art. Grew up in a wealthy family in New York, son of Henry Grant De Forest (1820–1889) and Julia Mary Weeks. After studies in New York and Rome he travelled in 1875-78 in Egypt, Syria and Greece. Resided in India in 1881-82 collecting furniture, jewelry and textiles. “He founded workshops for the revival of wood-carving at Ahmedabad in 1881, and exhibited his works by special request at the first Indian Exhibition in 1882.” In he 1901 visited Nepal. From 1915 living in Santa Barbara. Married 1879 Meta Kemble (1852–1923), two sons and one daughter. His collection of Tibetan handicraft and Oriental art was deposited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For his significance as artist see e.g. Wikipedia.
Publications: Indian Domestic Architecture. 2 p. 25 pl. Boston 1885; Indian Architecture and Ornament. 3 p. 50 pl. Boston 1887.
Sources: *R.A. Mayer, Lockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India. Newark 2008; U.S. in Asia; geni.com with photo; Wikipedia with photo in Greek costume.
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