adventures-of-the-blackgang:

The Gertrude Theobod by Emile Gruppe

son of the famous Emil A Gruppe who founded the artists’ colony in Rockport, Maine.

Gruppe’s artistic career began in 1915 but was briefly interrupted in 1917, when he spent a year in the United States Navy. He made his permanent studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts and became a member of the Cape Ann school of artists.

Sweet!