A pioneer of vast and varied talents, John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) was a zealous and fervent supporter of crafts and art in India. The British born teacher, curator, artist and craftsman spent most of his professional life in Lahore and Bombay, working in museums, art schools and mining Indian’s deep well of traditional crafts.
Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London until April 02 2017, sets out to acknowledge and debate Kipling’s somewhat complex legacy both in India and the United Kingdom.
Kipling’s writer son Rudyard Kipling – of The Jungle Book fame – has often overshadowed Lockwood’s place in history but this exhibition endeavours to reinstate the father’s influential hand as a maker, collector and teacher of Indian arts.
Kipling’s writer son Rudyard Kipling – of The Jungle Book fame – has often overshadowed Lockwood’s place in history but this exhibition endeavours to reinstate the father’s influential hand as a maker, collector and teacher of Indian arts.