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
"This painting was done for Fortune magazine when Dad was a pictorial reporter covering the Mississippi flood. He mentioned in his notes "Cattle in the flood" so his heart must have gone out to these cows so isolated as the houses and barns floated away. My hope is that they survived until the flood waters receded."
Courtesy of daughter-Linda Gramatky Smith
