HANDWRITTEN DAILY DIARY OF THIS SIGNIFICANT RHODE ISLAND ARTIST: covering more than ten years, 1940-1950

by Gardiner, Eliza

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Pawtuxet Cove, Rhode Island, 1950. Original cloth. Very Good. Manuscript, 365pp of entries. Gardiner, a known artist, made each page of the diary serve ten years of entries by drawing horizontal lines between her 10 entries on each date. Laid in are various handwritten slips recording highlights of trips to: Maine; New Hampshire; Putney, VT; Northampton, MA; Kingston, RI; etc. Also laid in are news clips, a child's letter, a watercolor of an animal, etc. Gardiner's hand is eccentric but readable, mostly written in black or blue ink. Although she is 69 in the first year of the diary (1940) and 79 in the final year, Ms. Gardiner is active in the art community. She exhibits at the Providence Art Club as well as at shows and museums in other cities. She is still creating woodblock prints, pastels, and paintings. The diary details her progress on various (titled) works, tells who bought them, where they will be shown, etc. Early in 1940, for example, she "traced and at last began to carve" a print, "corrected block and made trial print," "cut mats and worked on head again," "worked a little on pastel background," "framed picture `Sun in Meadow,'" sold "shoemaker print to C. Metcalf," "made decision at last for R.I. Artist show--circus elephant print, `Little Spec', pastel of Sally," &c., &c. Besides her artistic life, Gardiner gives many details of her private life, creating a picture of a woman who cares deeply for friends and family, who loves animals and buys meat for stray dogs, who is an avid bird-watcher, gardener, church- and funeral-goer, etc. She also reports on her own health and the health of her friends, keeps track of visits and calls, &c. During the years of World War II, world events creep into her record. 9" x 5.5".

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