Creator from United States

Hardie Gramatky

Born 12 April 1907, Dallas, Texas; died 29 April 1979, Westport, Connecticut.

Bernhard August "Hardie" Gramatky, Jr. was an American painter, writer, animator, and illustrator. In a 2006 article in Watercolor Magazine, Andrew Wyeth named him as one of America's 20 greatest watercolorists. He wrote and illustrated several children's books, most notably Little Toot.