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| Silkscreen print by Janet Laura Scott. |
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| John Hall Thorpe, Nasturtiums |
Janet Laura Scott (born 1888) was a very famous children books illustrator for the Volland Publishing Company. I learned from this company specialized in children books and postcards in Japonisme
http://lotusgreenfotos.blogspot.com/ : (Rachel Elmer's prints and Volland).
The Volland Company was started by German immigrant Paul Frederick Volland in 1908 and continued until 1934 when the company was sold although founder Paul F. Volland was shot dead in his office by a psychotic woman in 1919.
Besides illustrating many (famous) children books for Volland in the Art Deco period Janet Laura Scott was also a very good watercolor artist as can be seen in this painting.
First I want to share some of the most irresistible illustrations with you.
From Edith Mitchell’s: “Betty and Bobby Bubble”.
(Some of these were earlier shown in Japonisme)
From (?): “Good morning dear children”.
But the big surprise is in these 4 flowers and fruits silkscreen prints that have such a familiar "feeling" about them.
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| Janet Laura Scott in Hall Thorpe's style. |
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| Janet Laura Scott in Hall Thorpe's style |
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| Janet Laura Scott in Hall Thorpe's style |
Other printers (followers?) in the "John Hall Thorpe style" (was he the first to use the blackened background?) are American Margaret Jordan Patterson (1867-1950), British Thomas Todd Blaylock (1876-1929), Canadian Barbara Harvey Leighton (1911-1986) and the British publishing company of Ralph & Mott (active in the 1930's). You can find these printers, with many examples, treated in the Linosaurus using the search function).
Excavating and digging some further I think it will come as a surprise learning that Janet Scott was the second wife of American wood engraver and printer Carroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978). His wood engravings of coastal areas and sailing ships are well documented but I'll show you some of his little known and hardly ever seen relief prints in next posting.
Excavating and digging some further I think it will come as a surprise learning that Janet Scott was the second wife of American wood engraver and printer Carroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978). His wood engravings of coastal areas and sailing ships are well documented but I'll show you some of his little known and hardly ever seen relief prints in next posting.
