EMILE GRUPPE FISHERMAN'S WHARF GLOUCESTER HARBOR DRAWING
DETAILS:
- ARTIST: Emile Albert Gruppe
- ORIGIN: American, 1896-1978
- TITLE: Fisherman's Wharf Gloucester Harbor
- SIGNED: Emile A Gruppe' lower right,
- MEDIUM: Pencil
- SIZE: 9.5 x 13.25 inches (artwork) x 16-1/4 x 19-3/4 inches (framed)
- CONDITION: Slight yellowing to the paper, some wear to the frame, overall very good to excellent condition.
Background: Emile Albert Gruppe 1896-1978 Born in Rochester, New York, and son of renowned painter Charles Gruppe. In addition to his father's artistic influence, attended the Carnegie Art School where he studied with George Bridgeman, the Arts Students League, Woodstock NY under John F. Carlson, Provincetown, MA with Charles Hawthorne, Richard Miller, and George Chapman. He briefly interrupted his career when he entered the Unites States Navy in 1917 and served for a year. Gruppe painted numerous works throughout his life. He is best known for his impressionistic landscapes, painted figures and portraits - especially for 'his views of fishing boats docked at Gloucester and Rockport, and for his Rockport village scenes.' 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. His style was impressionistic and included an aesthetic tempering of mood, with soft and pleasing effects. His modern style was largely inherited from French Impressionist Claude Monet. 'Lily Pads,' date and location unknown, one of Gruppes landscapes, atreplaceds to Monets influence and is similar to some of the paintings in Monets 'Water Lily' series.

Slight yellowing to the paper, some wear to the frame, overall very good to excellent condition