Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A maara Gruelle nke ọma maka eserese ya, yana akwụkwọ ya, "Notes: Critical and Biographical: Collection of W. T. Walters" (1895). Ihe osise Gruelle mere n'oge ọ nọrọ na Gloucester, Massachusetts, so n'ihe osise ya ndị kasị mma, karịsịa ihe osise mmiri ya. N'ime ihe osise ya ndị a ma ama bụ usoro ihe nkiri mmiri nke gụnyere "Ihe nkiri nke ihe ndị dị ndụ". Gruelle's masterwork, "The Canal Morning Effect" (1894), bụ ihe osise nke Indianapolis skyline site n'akụkụ ndịda nke Ogige Ndị Agha obodo ahụ. Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Ihe Osise nke Indianapolis nwetara ihe osise ahụ ngwa ngwa, ọ nọgidekwara n'ebe ndebe ihe osise nke Indianapolis Museum of Art. Gruelle gosipụtara ọrụ ya naanị oge ụfọdụ na ihe ngosi mba, na ihe abụọ dị ịrịba ama. O gosipụtara na Society of Western Artists na-egosi kwa afọ na 1904 na
Ihe ngosi ịzụta Louisiana na Saint Louis, Missouri. Gruelle na-ahọrọ ihe ngosi otu onye na-eme na Indianapolis, Indiana, na New Canaan, Connecticut.