Charles P. Gruppé

Charles Paul Gruppé (3 September 1860, Picton, Ontario – 30 September 1940, New York City)[1] was an American painter.[2]

Between 1897 and 1913, Gruppé lived in the Netherlands, where he painted with the Hague School of art and acted as a dealer for Dutch painters in the US. He, his wife Helen and their children returned permanently to America in 1913 ahead of World War I. All their children were active in the arts; Paulo as a cellist, Karl (189301982) as a sculptor, Virginia (1907-1980) in watercolors, and Emile Albert Gruppé (1896–1978).[3][4] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[5]

References
  1. Charles Paul Gruppé at the RKD databases
  2. Welcome to the Art of Charles C. Gruppé "Charles C. Gruppé comes from one of America's most respected families of artists. His grandfather, Charles Paul Gruppé (1860–1940), studied and painted in ..."
  3. American Artists in Photographic Portraits: From the Peter A. National Museum of American Art (U.S.), Nat'l Museum American Art, Joan Stahl – 1995 "EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE (1896–1978), painter. His paintings of sailboats and fishing vessels were often Dramatically composed. Gruppe was from a family of painters— his father, brother, sister and nephew were artists. He painted in and ..."
  4. L. M. Vincent -In Search of Motif No. 1: The History of a Fish Shack 2011 – Page 62 "According to the Gloucester Daily Times, Charles P. Gruppé's charming pictures Wharf at Rockport and Fishing Shacks were the pictures perhaps attracting the most attention."
  5. "Charles P. Gruppé". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.