01 Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #18e

EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE, American (1896-1978) 

Gloucester Dock Workers 

Oil on canvas

19 5/8 x 23 3/4 inches 

Private Collection

Gloucester Quays is located next to the beautiful Historic Docks of Gloucester – one of the UK’s most inland Shipping Ports and one of Gloucester’s busiest tourist attractions. Filled with Victorian Architecture, Gloucester Docks is the perfect place to enjoy interesting views and learn about Gloucester’s History.

The Ship Canal was opened in 1827 and allowed boats to bypass a particularly winding part of the River Severn, thus making Gloucester an Inland Port. At its busiest, the Docks would have been full of narrow boats, sailing ships, steam ships and barges. In more recent years it has been featured in lots of major films, including Alice Through the Looking Glass and Amazing Grace. More on Gloucester Quays 

Emile Albert Gruppé (1896–1978) was an American painter born in Rochester, New York to Helen and Charles P. Gruppé. He lived the early years of his life in the Netherlands as his father Charles Paul Gruppe, painted with the Hague school of art and acted as a dealer for the Dutch painters in the US. The family returned permanently to the states around 1913 when rumblings of World War I were brewing. All of Emile’s siblings established themselves in the arts.

Although Gruppe is best known for his variety of impressionistic landscapes, he also painted figures and portraits. His modern style was largely inherited from the French Impressionist Monet.

Gruppe's paintings are often seen in major auction galleries, such as Sotheby's, Christies, and Skinners. More on Emile Albert Gruppé

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