Rapt Attention, 1936

by Dorothea Cooke (Gramatky)

Rapt Attention, 1936  -  14.5 x 18 inches, Signed l/r

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"I believe this painting was done for the portfolio of Dorothea Cooke in late 1936. The six women are all dressed so differently but all in mid-30s garb and the expressions on each of them are so varied and unique. The one woman certainly has captured the attention of all the others! My mother was very good at capturing expressions, and I believe she got that from strong art training at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles."

Courtesy of Daughter-Linda Gramatky Smith

About Dorothea Cooke (Gramatky)

Dorothea Cooke (Gramatky), (1908-2001) Born: Hollywood, CA, Studied: Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles). Dorothea Cooke graduated from Hollywood High School before deciding not to go to college but to study her passion, art. Her parents had come from New Hampshire where her father, Charles Prentice Cooke, was an MIT graduate and her mother, Harrie Gertrude Edgerly Cooke, attended Wellesley. Her father was a civil engineer who helped design the “five finger drives” that opened up the San Fernando Valley to being developed. She and her sister, Hellen, were both chosen by legendary Stanfo...   (Read More)

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