North Providence, Rhode Island, realist painter Louise E. Marianetti (1916-2009) was known for her portraits and still life paintings in tempera, oil on gesso, and oil tempera.
Marianetti studied at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design and the Art Students League. Her work was exhibited primarily in Rhode Island and elsewhere in the Northeastern United States, and she was a member of many arts organizations.
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
The papers of painter Louise E. Marianetti measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1913 to circa 2000. The collection includes five illustrated letters from Marianetti to her brother Caesar Marianetti. Also found are Marianetti's notes from art school, two photographs of works of art, and published art manuals and supply lists.
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Donated 2017 by the Louise E. Marianetti estate via Louise M. Pezzullo, executor.
Louise Marianetti papers, 1913-circa 2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Five letters written by Louise Marianetti describe her daily life and art to her brother who was in the United States Army during World War II. Marianetti includes drawings of people and landscapes, as well as three self-portraits. The illustrated letters are in watercolor and acrylic paint. A dismantled notebook dates from the 1940s and contains notes likely taken by Marianetti during art school. The notebook contains scattered sketches and handwritten and typed notes on technical techniques of William C. Palmer on painting furniture and other applied arts. Two photographs are modern copyprints of Marianetti's paintings, one of which includes annotations on the verso. Also found in the papers are published instructional manuals for drawing, painting in watercolor, preparing canvas, lettering, and glues for sizing linen, as well as price lists for paints and frames.