Background
Forest, Lockwood De was born on June 23, 1850 in New York, United States. Son of Henry G. and Julia Mary (Weeks) D.
Forest, Lockwood De was born on June 23, 1850 in New York, United States. Son of Henry G. and Julia Mary (Weeks) D.
Educated New York and abroad. Studied art with Herman Corrode, Rome, 1869, Frederic East. Church and James M. Hart, 1870. In Egypt, Syria and Greece, 1875-1876, Greece and Egypt, 1877-1878, India, 1881-1882.
Founded workshops at Ahemedabad, India, for the revival of wood carving, 1881. Exhibited by special request at the 1st Indian Exhibition, Lahore, 1882, the principal things being purchased for the India Museum at South. Kensington, London. Medals for best carving, Colonial Exhibition, London, 1886, Chicago, 1893, A.N.A., 1891, North.A., 1898.
Home: Santa Barbara, California.
Married Meta Kemble, November 11, 1880.