Harbor scene of boats. Large oil on board 48 x 32 in., 55 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (framed). The following is from Kathleen Parker who received the information "from the artist when he restored one of his own paintings for me that I bought through a private sale. That large painting was dirty and I was disappointed in the cleaning job a local gallery did. An appraiser identified the artist for me, (his signature was illegible to me). I contacted Mr. Gruppe by phone and shipped the artwork to him in CT. Since then, I have purchased two more of his paintings."CHARLES GRUPPEPREFERRED MEDIA: oils, acrylicsSTUDY & TRAINING: Yale University; National University of Mexico; Columbia University, BFA., Brevoort Fellowship and MFA, Huntington Hartford Foundation. Pacific Palisades, Fulbright Fellowship Italy, Italian Government Award.COMMISSIONS: Paintings, American President Lines: S.S.Coolidge, Jackson and Wilson, Yale Divinity School, New Haven,CT; Fort Lauderdale National Bank, Florida; Dolly O'Brien Estate, Palm Beach, FL; First National Bank, New Haven, CT; Actor, Charlton Heston.EXHIBITIONS: Allied Artists Am, New York, NY; Boston Arts Festival; Silvermine Guild Artists, New Canaan,CT; American Landscape Award, Provincetown Art Assn.,MA; N.E. Annual Nantucket Art Assn., Nantucket,MA; Lord & Taylor, New York,NY; Cape Cod Art Assn.; Gold Metal; Butler Museum,Youngstown, Ohio; Witte Museum Purchase Award, San Antonio, Texas; Knickerbocker Artists Award, New York City, 1985; Hudson Valley Art Assn. Award,1990; Salmagundi Club 1st Award, New York City,1995; Arthritis Foundation Bronze Award and Purchase Award, 1996, First Prize, museum of Science & Art, Bridgeport, CT,1997; Frederic Waugh Memorial Award, Provincetown, MA,1998; Art and the Law National Competition Award,1998; Philip Schumaker Marine Award, Rockport Art Assn., 1989; Lyme, CT Art Assn. 2nd Prize, 1994; North Shore Art Assn. Award, 1994; Windsor Newton National Competition Competition Award, 1995; Essex Art Assn. Popular Award, 1999; Hilton head National Juty Show Award,1999.WORKSHOPS GIVEN: 1995-2000: Greenwich,CT; Marco Island,FL; Jupiter,FL, Hilton Head, SC; Sedona, AZ; Northern Michigan Workshops; Cincinnati Arts Club; Acapulco, Mexico-1995; Athens, Greece-1996; Rome and Paris-1997; Portugal -1998; Spain-1999.GALLERIES: Washington,DC; Cape Porpoise, ME; Key West, Sanibel Island, and Naples, FL; Hartford, New Haven, and Guilford, CT; Barcelona, Spain; Montreal, Canada.Represented over 5,000 private collections.WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN ART, Editors: The James Cattell Press, Sponsored by The American Federation of Arts, Publisher: The R.R Bowker Company (a Xerox Company) New York and London

Good condition, minor imperfections along the frame edge