John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London (Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts(YUP))

by Barbara Bryant (Author), Deborah Swallow (Author), Christopher Marsden (Author), Barbara Bryant (Author), Christopher Marsden (Author), Deborah Swallow (Author), Susan Weber (Author), Julius Bryant (Author)

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Illustrated
2017
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John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) started his career as an architectural sculptor at the South Kensington Museum (today the Victoria and Albert Museum). Much of his life, however, was spent in British India, where his son Rudyard was born. He taught at the Bombay School of Art and later was appointed principal of the new Mayo School of Art (today Pakistan's National College of Art and Design) as well as curator of its museum in Lahore. Over several years, Kipling toured the northern provinces of India, documenting the processes of local craftsmen, a cultural preservation project that provides a unique record of 19th-century Indian craft customs. This is the first book to explore the full spectrum of artistic, pedagogical, and archival achievements of this fascinating man of letters, demonstrating the sincerity of his work as an artist, teacher, administrator, and activist.

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John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) started his career as an architectural sculptor at the South Kensington Museum (today the Victoria and Albert Museum). Much of his life, however, was spent in British India, where his son Rudyard was born. He taught at the Bombay School of Art and later was appointed principal of the new Mayo School of Art (today Pakistan's National College of Art and Design) as well as curator of its museum in Lahore. Over several years, Kipling toured the northern provinces of India, documenting the processes of local craftsmen, a cultural preservation project that provides a unique record of 19th-century Indian craft customs. This is the first book to explore the full spectrum of artistic, pedagogical, and archival achievements of this fascinating man of letters, demonstrating the sincerity of his work as an artist, teacher, administrator, and activist.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 602
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03 Jan 2017
ISBN 10: 0300221592
ISBN 13: 9780300221596

Media Reviews

This is a book that opens your eyes to exactly how much beauty in Britain we owe to India and how we once celebrated the skill and talent of that country. -, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Fanny Cornworth -- Kirsty Stonell Walker Fanny Cornforth This is a beautifully produced volume. Its red front cover sports a whimsical gold--embossed self-portrait of Kipling sketching, and it is richly illustrated throughout. Running to practically 600 large pages, it is much, much more than a catalogue. No one with an interest in either of the Kiplings, or their milieux, can afford to miss it. -Jacqueline Bannerjee, Victorian Web -- Jacqueline Bannerjee Victorian Web Only now, with the beautiful and illuminating catalogue, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, which accompanies an exhibition presently moving from London's Victoria and Albert Museum to the Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York, do I fully appreciate the man, his art and his eye. -Maxwell Carter, Wall Street Journal -- Maxwell Carter Wall Street Journal

Author Bio

Julius Bryant is keeper of word and image at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Susan Weber is founder and director of Bard Graduate Center.