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Emile Albert Gruppé (1896–1978) was an American painter, known for impressionistic landscapes and Massachusetts coastal and marine paintings.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 ..."


Early life and education

Emile Albert Gruppé was born 1896 in Rochester, New York. He lived the early years of his life in the
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as his father, Charles P. Gruppé, painted with the
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of art and acted as a dealer for the Dutch painters in the United States. The family returned permanently to the States around 1913 when rumblings of
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were brewing. All of Emile's siblings established themselves in the arts, Paulo Mesdag (1891–1979) as a cellist, Karl Heinrich (1893–1982) as a sculptor, and Virginia Helena Gruppé as a watercolorist. Gruppé studied at the National Academy in New York City and the
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in Paris. His artistic career began in 1915 but was briefly interrupted in 1917, when he spent a year in the
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.


Career

He made his permanent studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and became a member of the
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school of artists. Although Gruppé is best known for his variety of impressionistic
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s, he also painted figures and portraits. His modern style was largely inherited from the French Impressionist
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. "Lily Pads", date and location unknown, one of Gruppe's landscapes, attests to Monet's influence; it is similar to some of the paintings in Monet's ''Water Lilies'' series. From 1940–1970, he ran the Gloucester School of Painting at Rocky Neck, on Smith Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was the teacher of other famous artists including oil painter Otis Cook of
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, and his work was an influence on
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, Nathalie Nordstrand, Carl W. Illig, and other painters. He sometimes wintered in
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, where he painted tropical scenes. He also wrote books for artists on brushwork, color and technique. He was a member of the
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; the North Shore Art Association (1929-1978); the
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; the Gloucester Society of Artists; the Allied Artists of America; the Longboat Key Art Association; the
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, amongst others.


Legacy

Emile Albert Gruppé died in 1978 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester. Of his children, Robert C. Gruppé, also a painter, maintains the Gruppé Gallery at Rocky Neck, in
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, while his daughter Emilie Gruppe Alexander maintains the Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in
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. Both galleries feature Emile's paintings among others. Gruppé's paintings are often seen in major auction galleries, such as
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,
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, and Skinners. Auction prices have risen steadily and exceed most Rockport School artists. Gruppé is among the most prominent of Rockport artists, a group that includes Anthony Thieme, Marguerite Pierson,
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, and
Aldro Hibbard Aldro Thompson Hibbard (August 25, 1886 – November 12, 1972) was an American plein air painter known for his landscape paintings, particularly his winter scenes in Vermont. Hibbard primarily worked with oil paint, as he found Watercolor painti ...
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Publications

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References


External links


Emilegruppe.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruppe, Emil 1896 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters Artists from Rochester, New York American Impressionist painters American landscape painters 20th-century American male artists