Emile Gruppe Art

1896-1978

Emile Gruppe (1896-1978) was an unusually prolific artist. He was at his easel almost every day and created thousands of paintings over a career that lasted 60 years. At his peak, he was completing almost 200 oil paintings a year. Yet he has never failed to find an audience for his depictions of New England in autumn and winter, or his harbor scenes of Rockport and Gloucester in Massachusetts. Gruppe was born in 1896 in Rochester, New York to an artistic family--his father, brother, sister and nephew were all artists. Emile spent his youth in Holland, where his father, Charles Gruppe, worked as an artist. Emile lived in the Netherlands until he was 17, when the family returned permanently to the United States to avoid World War I. In New York City, Gruppe attended classes at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League, where he studied under Charles Chapman and George Bridgman. He also studied with John Carlson in Woodstock, New York, where he gained an appreciation for outdoor painting. Carlson “turned me into a painter,” he later said. Gruppe helped found the Rockport Art Association in 1921, but he is most closely linked to Gloucester where he lived from about 1940 until his death. He operated the Gloucester School of Painting from the 1940s into the 1970s and helped turn the Rocky Neck area of East Gloucester into a world-famous art colony. The school boasted an impressive faculty but Gruppe’s own exuberant plein-air demonstrations were often the highlight of the week. Gloucester, with its fleet of whimsically painted fishing vessels, crowded wharf buildings and shacks, and picturesque inhabitants, never ceased to fascinate Gruppe. He also helped popularize Rockport’s famous fishing shack known as Motif #1, sometimes called “the most often-painted building in America.” By the 1940s, Gruppe was one of the most prominent of the Cape Ann artists, a group that included Frederick Mulhaupt, Anthony Thieme, Theresa Bernstein, Marguerite Pierson, William Lester Stevens, and Aldro Thompson Hibbard. The painters of this ‘Cape Ann School’ were some of the first U.S. artists to employ plein air painting techniques. Gruppe’s style, which tended toward Tonalism early in his career, mutated into a bold impressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. Gruppe occasionally traveled to Jeffersonville, VT where he loved to paint the picturesque country roads, farms, and forests, sometimes with distinctive white birch trees. Later in life, he wintered in Florida where he painted some tropical scenes. Though Gruppe suffered a stroke in the early 1970s, he continued to paint until his death in 1978. On the morning he died, the 82-year-old artist had stretched a canvas in preparation for a day of painting. Gruppe’s portrayals of the archetypal the houses, harbors, and rural landscape of New England have never gone out of style. His expressive impressionistic paintings continue to appeal to twenty-first-century sensibilities of a seemingly eternal New England, barely touched by modernity.

Artist: Emile Gruppe

Emile GruppeEmile A. Gruppé Oil Painting “Mount Mansfield” Vermont Landscape

$6,500

Emile A. Gruppé Oil Painting “Mount Mansfield” Vermont Landscape

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Rockport, MA

This oil painting titled Mount Mansfield is by Emile A. Gruppé (1896–1978), one of the most prominent figures of American Impressionism and a central artist of the Cape Ann School. T...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Emile GruppeEmile A. Gruppé Vermont Village "Landscape with Church, VT"

$12,500

Emile A. Gruppé Vermont Village "Landscape with Church, VT"

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Rockport, MA

This picturesque Vermont landscape by Emile A. Gruppé depicts a village nestled among rolling hills and vibrant autumn foliage. A white church steeple rises above the clustered build...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Emile GruppeWinter Forest with Stream

$19,500

Winter Forest with Stream

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Signed lower right: Emile A. Gruppe Emile Gruppe once said, “If you want exacting details in a painting, then you might as well look at a photograph. I make an impression on a canva...

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20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Emile GruppeEmile Albert Gruppe Painter Artist Emile Gruppé Mountain Landscape Scene

$8,500

Emile Albert Gruppe Painter Artist Emile Gruppé Mountain Landscape Scene

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Rockport, MA

A beautiful landscape by Gloucester Artist, Emile Gruppe (1896-1978). Painting is Oil on Canvas, 16"x20".

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20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Emile Gruppe"Rainy Day" Emile Gruppe, Cape Ann, Rockport, Gloucester, Impressionist

$16,800Sale Price|20% Off

"Rainy Day" Emile Gruppe, Cape Ann, Rockport, Gloucester, Impressionist

By Emile Gruppe

Located in New York, NY

Emile Gruppe Rainy Day Signed lower left Oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches Emile Gruppe was an unusually prolific artist. He was at his easel almost every day and created thousands of pa...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Emile GruppeSeascape at Naples Beach, Florida- Coastal Landscape Oil Painting in Gold Frame

$14,000

Seascape at Naples Beach, Florida- Coastal Landscape Oil Painting in Gold Frame

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Marco Island, FL

Gorgeous original oil painting of Naples Beach, Florida by renowned American artist Emile Gruppe. The perspective of the painting allows the viewer to travel past the native palm t...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Emile Gruppe"Forest Woods, Woodstock" Emile Gruppe, American Impressionist, Autumn Woods, 1928

$16,000

"Forest Woods, Woodstock" Emile Gruppe, American Impressionist, Autumn Woods

By Emile Gruppe

Located in New York, NY

Emile Gruppe Forest Woods, Woodstock, 1928 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 32 1/8 x 40 1/2 inches Provenance Private Collection, California Emile Gruppe was an unusuall...

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1920s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Emile GruppeEmile A. Gruppé “Sunlight on the Steeple” New England Landscape Oil

$14,500

Emile A. Gruppé “Sunlight on the Steeple” New England Landscape Oil

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Rockport, MA

"Sunlight on the Steeple" is a luminous New England landscape by Emile A. Gruppé (1896–1978), one of America’s most celebrated Impressionists and a leading figure of the Cape Ann art...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Emile GruppeSeascape Emile Gruppe Emile Albert Gruppe Gloucester Artist Painter

$12,500

Seascape Emile Gruppe Emile Albert Gruppe Gloucester Artist Painter

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Rockport, MA

Wonderful mood in this oil painting by the Cape Ann Master Impressionist, Emile Gruppe. "Foggy Morning, Gloucester" is a stunning harbor scene with fishing schooners. The painting ...

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Mid-20th Century Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Arthur Mitchell“Fall Landscape”, Circa 1890

$2,720Sale Price|20% Off

H 16.25 in W 12.25 in D 1.75 in

“Fall Landscape”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original oil on canvas board painting of a fall landscape by the American artist, Arthur Mitchell. Signed lower left by the artist. Circa 1890. Condition is very good. The paintin...

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1890s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil, Board, Canvas

John Thomas NolfLovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s, 1920’s

$2,240Sale Price|20% Off

H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in

Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s

Located in Baltimore, MD

John Thomas Nolf was born in Allentown, Pa. in 1872. He had his academic studies in Chicago at the Art Institute. He exhibited often at the Institute,...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Antique 1898 American Impressionist O/C Venetian Canal Scene / Gilded Frame, 1898

$2,320Sale Price|51% Off

H 44 in W 36 in D 3 in

Antique 1898 American Impressionist O/C Venetian Canal Scene / Gilded Frame

Located in Exton, PA

Here is a fine, early American Impressionist painting of a Venetian Canal. The painting is oil on canvass measuring 36" x 28". Overall framed dimensions are 44" x 35". The painting i...

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1890s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Frederick Usher De Voll Saint Sulpice, Paris, 1907

$6,500

H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in

Saint Sulpice, Paris

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Beautiful Paris Market scene by American Impressionist master Frederick Usher de Voll. Painted in 1907 and passed down through his family since...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Emile Albert GruppeEmile Albert Gruppe “Winter - Gloucester MA”, 1950

$6,400

H 27 in W 31 in D 2 in

Emile Albert Gruppe “Winter - Gloucester MA”

By Emile Albert Gruppe

Located in Dallas, TX

Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) "Winter - Gloucester, Mass" Oil on canvas Signed "Emile A. Gruppe" (lower right) Canvas: 20 x 24 Inchesinches Framed: 27 x 31 inches Prove...

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1950s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Marion P. Howard“Autumn Landscape, c. 1910” American Impressionist New England Fall Oil Signed, Circa 1910

$3,500

H 29.5 in W 35.5 in D 2.5 in

“Autumn Landscape, c. 1910” American Impressionist New England Fall Oil Signed

Located in Yardley, PA

Warm air seems to move through this scene as the eye wanders along a gentle swale dotted with granite boulders, low stone walls and scrubby autumn color. A ribbon of meadow pulls us ...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

William H. PartridgeCrashing Surf, c. 1910

$950

H 8 in W 10 in D 2 in

Crashing Surf

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Beautiful seascape by the talented William H. Partridge. 8" x 10" oil on board , signed lower right. Housed in a carved guilded 15" x 17" frame. William Henry Partridge (1858–1938...

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1910s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Carl Gustaf Theodore OlsonAutumn Pasture, c. 1925

$650

H 18 in W 22 in D 1 in

Autumn Pasture

Located in North Clarendon, VT

A beautiful oil on board of an Autumn Pasture by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist to his son, then to his grandchildren and from them to us. 18" x 22" u f...

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1920s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Carl Gustaf Theodore OlsonBeach at Chatham, c. 1920

$1,300

H 11 in W 14 in D 1 in

Beach at Chatham

Located in North Clarendon, VT

A beautiful oil on board of a beach in Chatham MA c. 1920 by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist to his son, then to his grandchildren and from them to the u...

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1920s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Manuel GarzaSnowy Landscape w Cardinal

$3,120

H 16 in W 20 in

Snowy Landscape w Cardinal

By Manuel Garza

Located in Austin, TX

"Snowy Landscape w Cardinal" by Manuel Garza Oil on Canvas 16 x 20 inches Framed size 24 x 28" A serene, naturalistic rendition of a forested Texas l...

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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Carl Gustaf Theodore OlsonIn the Edge of the Great Shadow, c. 1930

$650

H 8.5 in W 11.5 in D 2 in

In the Edge of the Great Shadow

Located in North Clarendon, VT

A beautiful oil on board of the sun setting in the mountains c. 1930 by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist. Housed in a period arts and crafts carved frame....

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1930s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil

Henrietta Dunn Mears“Bermuda Coast” Henrietta Dunn Mears American Impressionist Oil on Board Signed, 20th Century

$1,950

H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in

“Bermuda Coast” Henrietta Dunn Mears American Impressionist Oil on Board Signed

By Henrietta Dunn Mears

Located in Yardley, PA

A vibrant Bermuda seascape depicting the rocky shoreline with turquoise waters breaking against sunlit boulders beneath a sweeping tree. Mears uses bold, textured brushstrokes and a ...

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20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Oil, Board

Previously Available Items

Emile Gruppe"The Sugar House in Autumn, Vermont" Emile Gruppe, American Impressionist, 1945

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H 20 in W 23.5 in

"The Sugar House in Autumn, Vermont" Emile Gruppe, American Impressionist

By Emile Gruppe

Located in New York, NY

Emile Gruppe The Sugar House in Autumn, Vermont, 1945 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Provenance Private Collection, Freeland, Washington Emile Gruppe wa...

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1940s American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Emile GruppeWinter Logging

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H 39 in W 45.5 in D 1.25 in

Winter Logging

By Emile Gruppe

Located in Milford, NH

A fine impressionist winter landscape logging scene 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...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

Emile Gruppe"Morning, Gloucester, Massachusetts, " Emile Gruppe, Impressionist Fishing Boats

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H 23.5 in W 27.5 in

"Morning, Gloucester, Massachusetts, " Emile Gruppe, Impressionist Fishing Boats

By Emile Gruppe

Located in New York, NY

Emile Gruppe (1896 - 1978) Morning, Gloucester, Massachusetts Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Signed lower left; titled on the reverse Provenance: Private Collection, Lancaster, Ohio ...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Emile Gruppe Art

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Canvas, Oil

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