Charles C. Gruppe (American, 1928-2019), Fog

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, retaining artist label to verso, framed.

Stretcher size 20 1/8 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 24 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.

Charles C. Gruppe comes from a respected family 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 Gruppe studied at Yale University and at Columbia, as well as at the National University of Mexico. He earned a Master 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.

Good estate condition.