Background
Gramatky, Hardie was born on April 12, 1907 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Bernhard and Blanche (Gunner) Gramatky.
Gramatky, Hardie was born on April 12, 1907 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Bernhard and Blanche (Gunner) Gramatky.
Student Stanford University, 1926-1928, Chouinard Art School, 1928-1930.
Anne (Mistress Kendall Borden Smith). Head animator Walt Disney Studios, Hollywood, 1930-1936. Artist-reporter Fortune magazine, 1937-1939.
Illustrator True, Today’s Woman, Collier’s, Cosmopolitan, et cetera, from 1940.
Supervisor production training films for Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Commissioned artist-of-war in Vietnam, Air Force, 1966.
Represented permanent collections Brooklyn Museum, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, Toledo Art Museum, Museum Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Marietta (Ohio) College, 1972, Frye Museum, Seattle. Children’s book illustrations in Kerlan collection University of Minnesota, U. Oregon, University of Southern Mississippi Numerous watercolor prizes including Chicago International 1939, American Watercolor Society, 1941, 52, 73, 79, Audubon Artists, 1945, 52, Salmagundi award, 1952, Connecticut Watercolor Society, 1969, Society of Illustrators, 1970, Main Streams ’72 award Marietta, 1972.
Member American Watercolor Society (board control from 1953), Society Illustrators (director 1940-1941), California Watercolor Society (director 1935-1936), National Academy of Design.
Married Dorothea Cooke, August 20, 1932. Children’s book illustrations in Kerlan collection University of Minnesota.