The Gardner art exhibition

On the 70th anniversary of his death in 1996, Bourne Civic Society held a one-day exhibition of his work at the Red Hall where almost 50 of his paintings, including some that had been exhibited at the Royal Academy, were brought together for public view.

Exhibition catalogue
 

There were a total of 49 pictures on display, painted in watercolours and oils in the period between 1902 and 1925, and loaned by various people. They were:

 1. Abbey View, 1910
 2. South Street, Bourne undated
 3. Eastgate, Bourne, 1913
 4. Abbey Road, Bourne, 1923
 5. Garden at Cawthorpe, undated
 6. Dyke, 1925
 7. Bourne Market Place, 1923
 8. Bourne Abbey scene, undated
 9. Country scene, 1924
10. Garden at Cawthorpe, 1923
11. Sundial at Cawthorpe Hall (oil)
12. Pond and arch at Cawthorpe Hall (oil)
13. Rambling rose (oil)
14. Red roses (oil)
15. Picking flowers, 1924
16. Peaceful summer
17. Loggia, Cawthorpe Hall (signed)
18. Studio fireplace (on wood)
19. Dyke scene, 1925
20. Dyke scene, undated
21. Bridge at Ryhall, 1924
22. Cawthorpe, 1923
23. Bourne Fen
24. Rear of Baldock's Mill
25. Cawthorpe Hall, 1919		 26. Cawthorpe, 1906
27. Interior of Cawthorpe Hall
28. Baldock's Mill, 1910
29. Crowland, 1924
30. The garden at Cawthorpe, 1923
31. Cawthorpe, 1925
32. Cawthorpe
33. The garden at Cawthorpe
34. Cawthorpe, 1924
35. Bourne Woods
36. Cottage scene, Hanthorpe, 1924
37. Morton scene
38. Cawthorpe, 1924
39. Cawthorpe, 1925
40. Nice (exhibited R A), 1915
41. Floral display (exhibited RA), 1902
42. Country scene, 1911
43. Country scene
44. Self portrait
45. Cawthorpe scene
46. Cawthorpe scene
47. Country scene
48. Scene from abroad , 1908
49. One not by Gardner - Cawthorpe
      (by E M B Warren)

The Bourne Civic Society expressed its thanks to the owners of the paintings, Dr G D Bishop, Mr J R Sones, Mr and Mrs J Bannister, Mrs M D Clark, Miss O Scotney, Mrs C Armstrong, Mr P H Ash, Mr C F Gibbons, Mrs G Burt, Mrs P Friend, estate of the late Mr P Woodham, Mrs R Stroud, Mrs T S Whitaker, Mr R C Lister, Mr P Carvath, Bourne United Charities, Mr and Mrs M Taylor and Mr D Fisher. Without their enthusiasm for Mr Gardner's work, this exhibition would not have been possible.

Self-potrait by R A Gardner
Exhibit No 44 - self portrait loaned by Bourne United Charities

THE CATALOGUE ALSO INCLUDED A POTTED
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
(reproduced as printed)

 

THIS MAY HAVE BEEN PAINTING NO 24

A view of Baldock's Mill from the meadows, now the Wellhead Gardens, and showing swans on the river with the tower of the Abbey Church in the background, painted by R A Gardner in 1910, was given as a gift to a local man in 1999 by a woman who was moving home and "just wanted to get rid of it". 
The painting, measuring 18* X 24", is oil on canvas and contained in an oak frame, and was subsequently offered for sale at Richardsons, the auctioneers, at their salerooms in Spalding Road on Thursday 20th March 2003, with a guide price of £250-£350 but it fetched only £150 and went to a private buyer.

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