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Eliza Draper Gardiner (Oct. 29, 1871-Jan. 14, 1955) -- Rhode Island artist, noted for her color woodblock prints, lithographs and watercolors

EDUCATION and CAREER

Eliza Draper Gardiner studied with Sophia Pitman. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, class of 1897 in addition to taking post graduate classes, 1905/06 and 1907-08; spent summer, 1932 in St. Ives, Cornwall; studied under Charles H. Woodbury and Allen Tucker; studied lithography under George C. Miller in New York City. Gardiner taught at the Friends School in Providence (re-named Moses Brown School in 1904) from 1892-1908; taught at Rhode Island School of Design (1908-1939). She was a member of the Providence Art Club; Providence Watercolor Club; RI Art Teachers Association and South County Art Association.

FURTHER READING
 * 1) Bert Gallery. Providence printmakers and their collections: Eliza Gardiner. Providence, R.I.: Bert Gallery, [1994]
 * 2) Women artists: an untold story, 1890-1940. [Dartmouth] : University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, [2015]