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Charles Gruppé: summers in Pawcatuck, Ct. and winters in Jensen Beach, FL. He has been a very popular instructor at the Art League of Marco Island since 1994. Oil and acrylic painters are in for a treat when they take a workshop with Charles. Charles says that he paints in a ³controlled impressionistic style, combining clean color with a sense of detail.² Charles presents his subjects with swift, sure strokes of the brush, a technique that is confident, yet carefree. Observed up close, his paintings are wonderfully loose, almost abstract. However, once the viewer steps back, the brush strokes blend and the images become real, an exciting, unrestrained way to paint. He teaches these techniques with great clarity in his workshops, and his students come away with a full understanding of how to approach a painting in this manner. He studied at Yale and Columbia Universities, as well as at the National University of Mexico. While painting on a Fulbright Grant in Italy, he received the Italian Government Award. He has received commissions from the Yale Divinity School , The American President Lines, Fort Lauderdale National Bank of Florida, First National Bank of New Haven , Conn. to name a few. He is recognized in Who¹s Who in American Art. He is an instructor, juror and judge and teaches workshops throughout the United States as well as many abroad in Europe. 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 Europe until moving to Rochester, New York. His uncles, sculptor Karl (1893-1982) and painter Emile (1896-1978) were successful and widely recognized for their work. Charles's father Paulo Gruppé was a gifted cellist. Charles Gruppé studied at Yale University and at Columbia, as well as at the National University of Mexico. He earned a Masters of Fine Art from Columbia University while on a fellowship there. He was also awarded a Fulbright Fellowship Grant and studied in Italy where he received an Italian Government Award. His work is collected worldwide. COMMISSIONS: Paintings, American President Lines: S. S. Coolidge, Jackson and Wilson, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT; Fort Lauderdale National Bank, Florida; Dolly O'Brien Estate, Palm Beach, FL; First National Bank, New Haven, CT; Actor, Charlton Heston. EXHIBITIONS: Allied Artists Am, New York, NY; Boston Arts Festival; Silvermine Guild Artists, New Canaan, CT; American Landscape Award, Provincetown Art Assn., MA; N.E. Annual Nantucket Art Assn., Nantucket, MA; Lord & Taylor, New York, NY; Cape Cod Art Assn.; Gold Metal; Butler Museum, Youngstown, Ohio; Witte Museum Purchase Award, San Antonio, Texas; Knickerbocker Artists Award, New York City, 1985; Hudson Valley Art Assn. Award,1990; Salmagundi Club 1st Award, New York City,1995; Arthritis Foundation Bronze Award and Purchase Award, 1996, First Prize, museum of Science & Art, Bridgeport, CT,1997; Frederic Waugh Memorial Award, Provincetown, MA,1998; Art and the Law National Competition Award,1998; Philip Schumaker Marine Award, Rockport Art Assn., 1989; Lyme, CT Art Assn. 2nd Prize, 1994; North Shore Art Assn. Award, 1994; Windsor Newton National Competition Award, 1995; Essex Art Assn. Popular Award, 1999; Hilton head National Jury Show Award,1999.Represented over 5,000 private collections. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN ART, Editors: The James Cattell Press, Sponsored by The American Federation of Arts, Publisher: The R.R Bowker Company (a Xerox Company) New York and London. If you would like information about the artist or on upcoming special exhibitions and artist receptions, send your address to: BOI's of New Hope Art Gallery 9 W. Mechanic Street New Hope, PA 18938 215.862.8292 boisofnewhope@verizon.net | |
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| Paris - Le Tour Eiffel | Harbour Boats |
| Oil on Board | Oil on Board |
| 16 x 9.5 | 36 x 24 |
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