De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932

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Dates:
Birth 1850-06-08
Death 1932-04-03
Birth 1850
Death 1932
Birth 1869
Death 1949
Americans

Biographical notes:

Lockwood de Forest (June 8, 1850 – April 3, 1932) was an American painter, interior designer and furniture designer. A key figure in the Aesthetic Movement, he introduced the East Indian craft revival to Gilded Age America.

As a young man, de Forest first worked as a painter, taking the lessons of his Hudson River School contemporaries. In 1879, de Forest began his career in the decorative arts working at Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, before starting his own decorating business that he ran for thirty years. Upon his retirement, de Forest moved to Santa Barbara where he returned to his love of painting while still taking design commissions from local patrons.

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Subjects:

  • Gardens
  • Landscape architects
  • Landscape architects
  • Landscape architecture
  • Landscape architecture
  • Photographers
  • Wood carving
  • Landscape architects
  • Landscape architecture

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Places:

  • California (as recorded)
  • Santa Barbara (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • India (as recorded)