Closed for the Winter, (Westport), 1946
by Hardie Gramatky
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"Dad originally called this `Winter Scene’. It’s the old farm house across the street on Roseville Road in Westport, CT, and was reproduced in Watercolor Methods, a book edited by Norman Kent in 1955 and published by Watson Guptill. The black cat I owned as a child had the unimaginative name of Blackie! The apple tree died years ago, but otherwise the scene looks the same today. Painting was in a 1989 retrospective exhibit at the Bergen Museum of Art & Science."
Courtesy of daughter-Linda Gramatky Smith
About Hardie Gramatky
| Hardie Gramatky, N.A. (1907-1979) Born: Dallas, TX; Studied: Stanford University, Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles); Member: National Academy of Design, New York Water Color Club, American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Hardie Gramatky was raised in Southern California. He studied art with F. Tolles Chamberlin, Clarence Hinkle, Pruett Carter and Barse Miller. A dedicated student of watercolor painting, he produced an average of five small watercolors per day. By 1929, he had become a proficient watercolorist and was recognized as one of the true innovators in the devel... (Read More) |
