biography of Charles GRUPPE (1928-2019)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: New Haven, CT

Profession: Painter

Studied: Yale; Nat. Univ. Mexico; Columbia, B.F.A., 1954, Brevoort fellowship & M.F.A., 1955; Huntington Hartford Found, Pacific Palisades, 1956; Fulbright fellowship Italy, 1956-57; Italian Govt. Award, 1957.

Exhibited: Allied Artists Am., NYC, 1960; Boston Arts Festival, 1963; Silvermine Guild Artists, New Canaan, CT, 1965; Provincetown Art Assn., MA, 1965; Rockport Art Assn., MA, 1970.

Work: Worth Ave Gal, Palm Beach, FL; Shore Gal, Boston; Zantman Gal, Carmel, CA; Oeschlaeger Gal, Chicago, IL. Commissions: portraits of Presidents Coolidge, Jackson, and Wilson, 1960; Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, 1960; Fort Lauderdale Nat. Bank, FL, 1964; Dolly O'Brien Estate, Palm Beach, 1964; First Nat. Bank, New Haven, CT, 1965.

Comments: Best known for his Cape Ann harbor scenes, he is the son of Emil Gruppe and grandson of Charles Paul Gruppe. Preferred media: oils