Private
Collection
Collection
Gerald Gardiner
(1902 - 1959)
The Artist’s Studio
Private Collection
Gerald Gardiner (1902 - 1959)
Signed with initials and dated;
Oil on paper, 10 x 14 1/4 in. (25.5 x 36.3 cm.)
Size:
Height – 25.5cm
Width – 36.3cm
Provenance: Abbott and Holder, London; Michael Whitehall
A related painting by Gardiner, entitled Towards Wiltshire, is in
the collection of the Swindon Art Gallery. A similar work can be seen
hanging over the fireplace in Gardiner’s painting of his wife Evelyn at
their family home in Stroud (cat. 32). In 1947 Gardiner produced a
series of eleven illustrations for The Cotswolds by Kenneth Green
(Garland Press, Bristol), the front cover of which shows a similar
composition.
Landscape painter in oil, and teacher. Born in London, he studied at
Beckenham School of Art, under Percy Jowett, 1919-23, then at the Royal
College of Art, 1923-7. Exhibited RA, NEAC, RSA and Cooling Galleries.
During World War if he completed wall decorations for the Cheltenham
Services Club, a year later illustrating Fred Kitchen’s book Jesse and
His Friends. Work in several public collections, including Swindon and
Bristol Art Galleries. Gardiner’s landscapes are notable for their
translucent colour. Lived in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
With thanks to artbiogs.co.uk
