Emile
Gruppe
1898
– 1978
Emile Gruppe was born in 1898 in Rochester, NY, son of renowned painter Charles Gruppe. In addition to his father's artistic influence, he studied at the Arts Students League, National Academy of Design, at the Grande Chaumiere, Paris; and with John F. Carlson, Richard Miller, George Bridgman, Charles Chapman and Charles Hawthorne (in Provincetown). Gruppe's artistic career began in 1915, but was briefly interrupted in 1917, when he spent a year in the United States Navy. For the majority of his professional career, he worked and lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts, often wintering in Vermont and Florida. In 1942, he founded the Gruppe Summer School in Gloucester with his mentors Miller, Carlson, Bridgeman, and Chapman. He is known for his harbor views of Gloucester and Rockport and was heavily influenced by Claude Monet. In one of his last interviews revealed his philosophy of painting: "If you want exacting details in a painting, than you might as well look at a photograph. I make an impression on a canvas, and let one's imagination fill in the details." He died in 1978 at the age of 82.
The Fishing Fleet
20 x 24 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right