Charles paul gruppe biography books

Biography from Askart.com

Landscape and marine painter Charles Paul Gruppe was born in Picton, Canada, September 3, 1860.  Largely self-taught, Gruppe did study in Holland and a good portion of his work consists of Holland inspired scenes.  He should not be confused with his son, artist Emile Gruppe, who painted many well-known New England scenes. 

When Gruppe was ten, he moved with his family to Rochester, New York, after the death of his father.  Interested in painting from an early age, he spent much of his time sketching and creating watercolors and oils.  To help support his mother and sisters, he worked in a sign-painting shop, soon mastering the craft.

Eventually, at age twenty-one, he had earned enough money to travel steerage to Europe, where he traveled through France, Germany, and Holland, searching for a place to settle and practice his art.  He was taken with Holland, perhaps attracted to its fishing villages with their