Emile A. Gruppe (1896-1978), Lived/Active: New York and New England

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Birches. Signed, (l.l.): Emile A. Gruppe.
Oil on canvas, in a carved, painted frame.
30” x 25”, 37 ¾” x 32 ¾” with frame.
Excellent condition, appears to be in the original frame.
Provenance: Private collection, New York.
Emile Gruppe was best known for his variety of impressionistic landscapes and marine paintings. He was educated in art at The Hague in the Netherlands and in New York city at the National Academy of Design and The Arts Students League. Gruppe’s prolific career brought him many awards and memberships. His popular painting, Winter, Vermont, date and location unknown, won the Richard Mitton Award at the Jordan Marsh Exhibition in Boston in 1943.
This painting of Birches in a snowy landscape exemplifies Gruppe’s talent as an accomplished American Impressionist painter of the 20th century.