Charles P. Gruppé

Charles Paul Gruppé (3 September 1860, Picton, Canada West – 30 September 1940, Rockport, Massachusetts) was a Canadian-born, American painter.

About Charles Paul Gruppé was born 3 September 1860 in Picton, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Rochester at the age of three with his mother Albertina Gruppe (1822–1900) and brother Herman and sister Clara, after the death of his father Henry W. Gruppe.

All the Gruppé children were active in the arts; Paulo Mesdag (1891–1979) was a cellist, Karl Heinrich (1893–1982) was a sculptor, Virginia Helena Gruppé worked in watercolors, and Emile Albert Gruppé was a painter.

His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

He was a member of the Rochester Art Club, Pulchri Studio, the American Watercolor Society, New York Color Club, the National Arts Club, the Art Club of Philadelphia, and the Salmagundi Club. He died on 30 September 1940, in his summer home in Rockport, Massachusetts. Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), amongst others.