Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978), Unloading the Nets

Lot 47

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Lot Description

Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978)
Unloading the Nets
signed "Emile A. Gruppe" lower right
oil on canvas, 30 by 36 in.
signed and titled on back Rockport Art Association Exhibition, Rockport, MA label on back

Emile Albert Gruppe was born to an artistic family in Rochester, New York, in 1896. He spent much of his childhood on the coast of the Netherlands, where his father, Charles, was a painter and art dealer. Upon returning to the States in 1913 just prior to World War I, Gruppe pursued his art training full time. He studied in New York at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, and with individual artists, such as John F. Carlson (1874-1945).

Gruppe exhibited at the National Academy for the first time in 1915 at the age of nineteen. After seeing a depiction of the Gloucester, Massachusetts, harbor in a subsequent exhibition, the artist’s curiosity was piqued. In 1925 he made his first visit to the Cape Ann area, and by the 1940s he became linked with Rockport and set up the Gruppe Summer School, also known as the Gloucester School of Art on Rocky Neck. Run with several other artists, including Carlson, this painting school was immensely popular and was held until the 1970s. Gruppe’s personable demeanor made him a favored teacher, and he wrote three books on painting later in his career: "Gruppe on Painting," "Gruppe on Color," and "Brushwork for the Oil Painter." He was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the North Shore Art Association, and the Gloucester Society of Artists. Gruppe’s paintings can be found in private and public collections across the country, including the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the White House, among others. The popular artist died in East Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1978.

"Unloading the Nets" is a strong, well-composed work depicting a harbor scene, one of the artist's most sought-after subjects, with confident brushwork and painterly flair.

Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts

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