Biography: 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...... read more
"Sample illustration my father did before they moved to New York City to become illustrators. My dad wanted to be able to draw the glamorous girls that the art directors wanted to have in the magazines like Cosmopolitan."
Courtesy of daughter-Linda Gramatky Smith
Literature: Windows in Time, California Scene Paintings from the Hilbert Collection, by Mark Hilbert and Jean Stern.
