A wood carver
1870
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1870
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A wood carver is a 1870 by John Lockwood Kipling, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing is titled "A wood carver" by John Lockwood Kipling. It was created in 1870, a time when Lockwood Kipling was involved in various artistic pursuits. He had recently moved to India and was teaching at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art and Industry in Bombay. You can learn more about Lockwood Kipling's style by exploring the movement: Realism.
A drawing from 1870 depicts a turbaned wood-carver seated on the floor in Simla, shaping a block of wood into a floral design using a chisel and mallet. Commissioned by the Indian government, the work was part of a series documenting traditional craftsmen during a tour of the North-West Provinces. The artist, John Lockwood Kipling, had been living in India since 1865, where he taught at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art and later promoted Indian craft traditions.
Read the full account in the museum source.
John Lockwood Kipling filled sketchbooks with the daily life he saw around him in British India, drawing craftsmen at work, farmers at market, and seed planters in fields.
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