"Gloucester Morning"
Title
"Gloucester Morning"
Description
Continue just through the doors into the first floor lobby. Immediately to your right, hanging behind the Circulation Desk in the Assistant Director’s Office, is Emile Gruppe’s Gloucester Morning. Gruppe was born in Rochester, New York in 1896. His father, Charles Paul Gruppe, was an artist and the Gruppe family lived in Holland for some years to paint. The family returned to the United States in 1909, fearing war was coming in Europe. After serving in the U.S. Navy for a year during the war, Emile eventually settled in Gloucester in 1925, where he formed his own school of painting.
Gruppe named several of his paintings, Gloucester Morning. He liked to paint the same work from a variety of viewpoints. And because he produced nearly 8000 paintings, most of them in the Gloucester/Rockport area, many had the same or similar titles. This particular Gloucester Morning represents much that is distinctive in Gruppe’s paintings, his bold strokes, use of light and the influence impressionism had on his art.
Gruppe named several of his paintings, Gloucester Morning. He liked to paint the same work from a variety of viewpoints. And because he produced nearly 8000 paintings, most of them in the Gloucester/Rockport area, many had the same or similar titles. This particular Gloucester Morning represents much that is distinctive in Gruppe’s paintings, his bold strokes, use of light and the influence impressionism had on his art.
Creator
Emile A., Gruppe (1896-1978)
Rights
All copyrights belong the Peabody Institute Library
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Citation
Emile A., Gruppe (1896-1978), “"Gloucester Morning",” Peabody Institute Library, accessed May 7, 2024, https://peabodyinstutelibrary.omeka.net/items/show/37.