Collectables with Frank Goss
Collectables with Frank Goss. Now a days there are endless options when it comes to collectables. Whether its from collectable stamps to collectable cars through out history one of the most known collectables has been art. Furthermore, from Leonardo Da Vinci , Picasso, Rembrandt artist and there work has become instantly recognizable in Santa Barbara.
In this episode we have Frank Goss talking about a couple collectable painting. History of Santa Barbara has had many great artist, but one of the most talented would be Lockwood De Forest.
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. In addition, 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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