Charles Paul Gruppe (Canadian-born American Tonalist Painter, 1860-1940). Charles Paul Gruppe was born in Picton, Canada in 1860 and moved to Rochester, New York while still a child.

Gruppe traveled to Europe and settled in Holland at Katwick Ann Zee where he lived for about 20 years and attained a reputation as an artist. Gruppe moved back to the United States in 1909. After living in New York City he moved to the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts. Charles Gruppe and his son, Emile, maintained a studio on Cape Ann where they sold numerous scenes of the sea and harbors at Gloucester and Rockport.

The Wood Cutter sold in June 2009 on ebay for $3550.