Albert Pels Oil Painting of Seated Female Nude

Item Details

Albert Pels (New York / Ohio, 1910 – 1998)
Untitled (seated female nude)
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right

Pels began his formal artistic training in his hometown at the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1931. Upon graduating, Pels further pursued his artistic career and moved to New York, refining his technique while continuing his education at the Art Students League, working under the likes of historically renowned artists Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Alexander Brook. Pels went on to study at Beaux Arts and the American School, and in doing so established his distinctive, signature painting style and content for which he became recognized.

Condition

- painting examined under UV light; scattered scratches to the edges of the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 15.25" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

ITMGC90263