Robert Charles Gruppe

SUNSET Large Impressionist GLOUCESTER Oil on Canvas Massachusetts

1970’s

Ceasare Ricciardi 1920’s Oil on Board 12x16 inches umframed 14x18 inches with frame signed lower right good condition The painting for sale is probably one of the most beautifully ...

Harry Neyland was an American impressionist painter, born 1877-1958 in Massachusetts. This painting is an American impressionist seascape with great colors and painterly texture. Inscribed on back: "The boat was a whaler sailing off of New Bedford...

A colorful Cape Ann, Massachusetts marine harbor scene with boats docked by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for his New England landscapes and vigorous portrayals of the harbors and houses of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The son of landscape artist Charles P. Gruppé (1860-1940), Emile enjoyed a long and successful career that spanned over six decades.In 1925, Gruppé began spending summers in Gloucester. He established a studio on Rocky Neck in East Gloucester where he taught plein-air classes. In 1942 —along with Bridgman, Carlson, Miller and Chapman—he established the Gruppé Summer School, which he continued to operate until 1970.Gruppé’s works hang in many colleges and museums: Smith College, Silberman College in Montreal, the University of Idaho, the Los Angeles Museum, the San Antonio Museum and the de Cordova Museum. His paintings are also at the White House in Washington, D.C. and the Gruppe Summer School in Gloucester. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, title inscribed on verso stretcher “Sunset, Rockport Harbor...

The early (pre-war) Gloucester Harbor scene by Emile A. Gruppe is richly atmospheric and captures the working waterfront in the golden glow of early evening. Gruppe’s mastery of coas...