A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty

Appendix 1: Eudora Welty’s Artwork

92 Appendix 1 Eudora Welty’s Artwork As a young girl and into her twenties and thirties, Eudora liked to illustrate . She submitted pictures to her high school yearbook and college humor magazine and annual, as well as St. Nicholas magazine and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. She also liked to doodle for fun, and even included artwork in letters to her friends. Eudora’s excellence in photography is an established fact; however, what is not as well known about her is that she was a very good painter. After her death, the family and staff of the Eudora A watercolor of Eudora’s friend Helen Lotterhos. 93 Welty House made an amazing discovery: a workman found a large painting by Eudora in the basement of her home. The lively and colorful painting depicts the Mississippi State Fair that comes to Jackson every October. It has been restored and now hangs in the Eudora Welty House Education and Visitors Center. The other examples of her artwork can be be viewed upon request at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson. Appendix 1: Eudora Welty’s Artwork 94 Appendix 1: Eudora Welty’s Artwork Eudora included this watercolor angel in a Christmas letter to her agent, Diarmuid Russell, December 1940. A scene from Eudora’s painting of the Mississippi State Fair. ...