Biography: 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...... read more
Soda Fountain, 1935, a watercolor painting by Dorothea Cooke (Gramatky). This painting is available as a fine art giclée print on premium watercolor paper. Museum quality wall art and home décor by California Watercolor.
Exhibited:"This Enchanted Land, American Regionalism 1930 - Today", at the Fallbrook Art Center, May 19th - July 1st, 2012.
Literature:As seen in California Watercolor Art from the Early 20th Century Through Today.
Windows in Time, California Scene Paintings from the Hilbert Collection, by Mark Hilbert and Jean Stern.
"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
