Hollywood Hills - Rain, 1945
by Hardie Gramatky
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"Dad described this favorite painting of mine as `from porch for my class'. In March 1945, my parents and I were ending a two-year stay in California during the war when Dad did training films for the U.S. government under Captain Ronald Reagan. They lived in the Silver Hills district. This painting was in `Regionalism: the California View' exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in 1988 and the Bergen Museum of Art & Science in 1989."
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) |
