Soda Fountain, 1935

by Dorothea Cooke (Gramatky)

Soda Fountain, 1935  -  14.25 x 21 inches, Signed l/r

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More About This Painting

"My mother did this sample illustration back in 1935 just before she left California for New York City. The use of red, black and white was so effective, I thought, and it's a real period piece that recalls a time in American history when life was simpler."

Courtesy of Daughter-Linda Gramatky Smith

Literature: As seen in California Watercolor Art from the Early 20th Century Through Today.

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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