Guide to the Louise E. Marianetti papers, 1925-2009

Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
20 Washington Place
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email: risdarchives@risd.edu

Published in 2012

Collection Overview

Title:	Louise E. Marianetti papers
Date range:	1925-2009
Creator:	Marianetti, Louise E., 1916-2009
Extent:	1 oversize box
Abstract:	This collection holds Louise E. Marianetti's sketches and drawings in portfolios as well as a large envelope with papers and a photo pertaining to Everett Marshall, her husband. Also included is one drawing by another RISD graduate, Rebecca Russell Greene.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection number:	16.2.5

Scope & content

The Collection contains five notebooks of varying sizes, one portfolio containing folders of loose leaf paper with pencil sketches and drawings and a large envelope with papers and a photo pertaining to Everett Marshall (1901-1965), husband of Marianetti. Also included is a folder with one drawing by another RISD graduate, Rebecca Russell Greene.

Access Points

Subject Organizations

• Rhode Island School of Design

Subject Names

• Marshall, Everett, 1901-1965

Subject Topics

• Rhode Island School of Design--Alumni and alumnae--Directories

Subject Topics

• Art

Subject Topics

• Notebooks
• portfolios (groups of works)

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material in the following manner:

• Series I: Notebooks
• Series II: Portfolio
• Series III: Marshall Envelope
• Series IV: Rebecca Russell Greene

Biographical note

Louise E. Marianetti was born in Providence, Rhode Island 1916 March 9. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and earned her degree in 1936. After school, she and then went onto the Arts Students League in New York City for further study with William Palmer and Robert Brackman until 1939. During this time, she became known for her use of egg tempera paints. Frequently photographed in a trademark black beret, she divided her time between Rhode Island and New York.

Louise Marianetti attained critical attention particularly for her 1949 exhibits at the Vose Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts and the Newport Art Museum in Newport, Rhode Island. At the Vose show, according to family lore, she met Everett Marshall, a baritone who made his debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1927 and starred in the 1935 Busby Berkeley film I Live for Love. After a decade of courtship, Marshall and Marianetti married in Texas in 1959. After his death in 1963 in California, Marianetti returned to Rhode Island, where she lived until her death on 2009 October 1.

Marianetti was a member of the Art Students League of New York and Audubon Artists.

(Series IV Note) Rebecca Russell Greene, 1879 - 1953

A woman artist from Rhode Island, Miss Greene's career was short lived. In 1907 when she became Mrs. Charles H. Everett her career in art was sidelined for family responsibilities. However, during a ten-year period the artist earned a reputation as a local artist of note.

Rebecca Greene was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1898 to 1901. She recieved two honorable mentions during her studies for drawing and watercolor. The RISD bulletins often reproduced her artwork. After graduating in 1901, she became an instructor at her alma mater and held down several positions from the Instructor of RISD's children's class to three other art-teaching positions at the Providence Evening High School, Morris High School and the RISD summer school. Miss Greene was accepted into the Providence Water Color Club. A reproduction of the artist's "At the Piano" was published alongside the art review. In addition, one of her figurative paintings was selected for exhibition at the American Water Color Society in New York and reproduced in the "Brush and Pencil" publication of Chicago.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	The use of certain documents and collections may be restricted. Please consult the Archives staff for further details.
Use of the materials:	Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws, including copyright.
Preferred citation:	Louise E. Marianetti papers, Rhode Island School of Design Archives.
Contact information:	Rhode Island School of Design Archives Fleet Library at RISD 20 Washington Place Providence, RI 02903 Tel: 401-709-5922 Fax: 401-709-5932 email: risdarchives@risd.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	In 2012 Catherine Bert of the Bert Gallery donated the sketch pads and drawings of Louise E. Marianetti from the records from the Bert Gallery for RISD artists, faculty and alumni.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Rachael Juskuv.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Rachael Juskuv 2012 October 12
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory

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