Gruppe, Charles C Connecticut (b. 1928) WINTER LANDSCAPE oil on canvas, framed signed: lower right H24" W36" *Artist biography: Charles C. Gruppe came from a respected family of East Coast artists. His grandfather, Charles Paul Gruppe (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's, father, Paulo Gruppe, was a gifted cellist. Charles Gruppe studied at Yale University and at Columbia, as well as at the National University of Mexico. He earned a Masters 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.