Qor sii wadida faqradan - Gruelle waxaa ugu caansan sawirada muuqaalka, iyo sidoo kale buugiisa, "Xusuus-qorka: Xasaasi ah iyo Biographical: Ururinta W. T. Walters" (1895). Farshaxanka Gruelle ee waqtigii uu ku qaatay Gloucester, Massachusetts, ayaa ka mid ah kuwa ugu fiican, gaar ahaan midabada biyaha. Mid ka mid ah sawirradiisa ugu caansan waxay ahaayeen taxane taxane ah oo muuqaal badda ah oo ay ku jiraan "The Drama of the Elements". Shaqada ugu weyn ee Gruelle, "The Canal Morning Effect" (1894), waa sawirka muuqaalka magaalada Indianapolis ee dhinaca koonfureed ee jardiinada militariga ee magaalada. Ururka Farshaxanka ee Indianapolis ayaa si dhakhso leh u iibsaday sawirka, wuxuuna ku jiraa ururinta Matxafka Farshaxanka ee Indianapolis. Gruelle kaliya mararka qaarkood wuxuu ku soo bandhigi jiray shaqooyinkiisa bandhigyo qaran, marka laga reebo laba ka mid ah. Wuxuu soo bandhigay bandhigyada sanadlaha ah ee Ururka Farshaxanka Galbeedka iyo sanadkii 1904 Bandhigga Iibsiga Louisiana
waxaa lagu qabtay magaalada Saint Louis ee gobolka Missouri. Gruelle wuxuu doorbiday bandhigyada hal qof oo lagu qabtay Indianapolis, Indiana, iyo New Canaan, Connecticut.