Artist. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of Henry C. Lord, president of the Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati Railroad. A prominent Cincinnati artist, she painted figures, landscapes, and portraits that were widely exhibited. Her popular work concentrated on the struggles of the common laborer, women, and children. Lord studied at the Fine Arts Academy with Thomas S. Noble and Lewis Lutz. While at the Academy, she became close friends with Elizabeth Nourse, an established Cincinnati painter. She later studied at the University of Cincinnati School of Design and at the Art Students League in New York with Kenyon Cox. In 1890, she traveled to France and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris. Lord returned to America and continued her profession as an artist as well as teaching art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Her paintings appeared in Paris salons from 1892 to 1895. She received a bronze medal for her artwork at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. She died at her residence in Cincinnati in 1927 when she was 67 years old.
Artist. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of Henry C. Lord, president of the Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati Railroad. A prominent Cincinnati artist, she painted figures, landscapes, and portraits that were widely exhibited. Her popular work concentrated on the struggles of the common laborer, women, and children. Lord studied at the Fine Arts Academy with Thomas S. Noble and Lewis Lutz. While at the Academy, she became close friends with Elizabeth Nourse, an established Cincinnati painter. She later studied at the University of Cincinnati School of Design and at the Art Students League in New York with Kenyon Cox. In 1890, she traveled to France and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris. Lord returned to America and continued her profession as an artist as well as teaching art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Her paintings appeared in Paris salons from 1892 to 1895. She received a bronze medal for her artwork at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. She died at her residence in Cincinnati in 1927 when she was 67 years old.
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