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Lockwood De Forest

Lockwood De Forest (1850 - 1932) was active/lived in New York, California / India.  Lockwood De Forest is known for Landscape and coastal view painting, interior design, woodcarving.

Lockwood de Forest, was a turn-of-the-century artist and interior designer.  Although best known for his designs of Indian and Middle Eastern furniture, Lockwood de Forest's true passion was painting.  Landscapes from Egypt, Syria, Korea, Japan, Alaska, Mexico, Arizona and throughout the United States and Canada can be found among de Forest's nearly 1300 oil sketches and paintings.

He was a member of a New York clan whose family tree blossoms with myriad lawyers and the occasional flamboyant.  A distant relative by marriage was the painter Frederic E. Church, and a great-niece was the Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick.  The largely self-taught artist and decorator is particularly remembered for his passion for India.

Lockwood de Forest was born in New York in 1850, the son of Henry G. and Julia Weeks de Forest.  The family descended from Jesse de Forest, a Huguenot exile who, in 1623, brought the first settlers from Holland to New Amsterdam. Encoura   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 13664 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 155 auction lots for Lockwood De Forest (of which 122 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 3 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 6 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Lockwood De Forest as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Lockwood De Forest in 1 of its research Essays. Lockwood De Forest has 38 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about Lockwood De Forest

   Publications  Book References:  31
Magazine References:  2

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Lockwood De Forest
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Auction in the air March 2004 Editors, Art & Auction No
Southwest Art California February 1997 Tennant, Donna Yes
31 Book References for Lockwood De Forest
Year Author Title Pages Color
2011 Tessmer, Jeremy 40 Nights: An Exhibition of the Night Paintings of Lockwood De Forest
(Exhibition catalog)
65 Yes
2010 Goldyne, Joseph; Jeremy Tessmer De Forest's Palm Springs
(Exhibition catalog)
99 Yes
2010 Goss, Frank; Jeremy Tessmer De Forest's Santa Barbara 113 Yes
2010 Tessmer, Jeremy Collecting Moonlight: The Night Paintings of Lockwood de Forest
(Exhibition catalog)
74 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
2003 Ong, John Doyle (Intro) Art at the Residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway: Art in Embassies Program 52 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Davis, John The Landscape of Belief Encountering the Holy Land in 19th Cent American Art 264 Yes
1996 Shipp, Steve American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists 159 No
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)
408 Yes
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1993 Woodward, Kesler E Painting in the North Alaskan Art in the Anchorage Museum 160 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1976 Gatling, Eva/Anne S Lewis Lockwood DeForest Painter, Importer, Decorator
(Exhibition catalog)
52 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1925 National Academy of Design Commemorative Exhibition 1825-1925
(Exhibition catalog)
160 No
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