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De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932

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role Collector Artist Dealer/Gallery
dates 1850-1932
city Santa Barbara
stateCA
other citiesNew York, NY; Rome, Italy; Bristol, RI; London, United Kingdom; Cairo, Egypt; East Jerusalem, Israel; Paris, France; New Delhi, India;
sex M
historical notes Lockwood de Forest was an artist, interior designer, furnishings importer, writer and collector. His brother was Robert Weeks De Forest (1848–1931) a collector and past president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Lockwood de Forest was a member and served on the Board of New York’s National Academy of Design.

A world traveler, de Forest traveled to, among other places, Italy, Greece, Palestine, India, Mexico, China, Japan and Korea.
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1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
University of California, Berkeley
The Bancroft Library
Lockwood De Forest correspondence, 1930. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Lockwood de Forest papers, 1858-1978. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Artists' biographical questionnaires, 1905. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
American Art Association records, 1853-1924. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Oral history interview with John Davis Hatch, 1979 Aug. 30-1980 Nov. 7. see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
Culin Archival Collection Series 2: collecting expeditions 1898-1928 1903-1928 (bulk). see details...
The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library
10 East 71st Street
Lockwood De Forest artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1920-2000. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Artist file: De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932. miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
Artist file. De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932. see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
BMA artist files. De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932. see details...
Hagley Museum and Library
Manuscripts & Archives Dept.
Du Pont-Kemble-De Forest families Correspondence, 1840-1882. see details...
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library and Archives
Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 see details...

see also:
De Forest, Robert W. (Robert Weeks), 1848-1931
Ludington, Wright S.