“Sailboats Dockside”

Original oil on canvas painting of sailboats at dock by the well known American marine artist, Charles C. Gruppe. Signed lower left by the artist. Circa 1980. Condition is very good. The painting is housed in its original frame with silver finish and a narrow linen liner. Overall framed measurements are 27.25 by 39.5 inches. Provenance: A Old Westbury, Long Island estate.

Biographical Information for artist Charles Gruppe (1928-2019)

Charles C. Gruppe comes from a respected families of East Coast 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 Gruppe, was a gifted cellist.

Charles Gruppe 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.

Sadly, Charles passed away in October of 2019.

COMMISSIONS: Paintings, American President Lines; S.S. Coolidge, Jackson 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 Medal
Butler Museum, Youngstown, OH
AWARDS:

Witte Museum Purchase Award, San Antonio, TX
Knickerbocker Artists Award, New York City, 1985
Hudson Valley Art Assn. Award, 1990; Samagundi Club 1st Award, New York City, 1995
Arthritis Foundation Bronze Medal 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, Porckport Art Assn, 1989
Lyme, CT Art Assn, 2nd Prize, 1995
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