User:Brooklynnkateg/Jeannie Foord: she/her, British, 1906-

Biography
Jeannie Foord was a Scottish artist. Her date of birth and the length of her lifetime is unknown. She worked as an artist sometime during the 19th century into the beginning of the 20th century.

Work
Jeannie Foord specialized in drawing decorative floral arrangements. She found great inspiration in nature and encouraged other artists to look to nature for inspiration too. Her style was largely influenced by Art Nouveau. The way Foord cropped her drawings shows similarity to Japanese woodblock prints of flowers. In her lifetime Foord had at least two publications of her work. Her first publication was in 1901 the title of this publication remains unknown. Her second and most famous publication was, “Decorative plant & flower studies for the use of artists, designers, students & others, (London, B. T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1906)" This work was published in 1906 and was meant to be used as a scource book for art students and craftsman. Although she recommended students observe nature for inspiration her book she published, “Decorative plant & flower studies for the use of artists, designers, students & others” to help guide artists who struggled to take inspiration directly from nature. All of Foord’s prints were made using the pochoir process. The pochoir printing process works by adding individual layers of color to a lithograph, using a stencil. The actual prints of Foord’s work were produced by E. Greningaire from Foord’s original drawings.

Publications
Decorative plant & flower studies for the use of artists, designers, students & others, (London, B. T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1906)