Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas "Woman in a Rainbow Dress"
Item Details
An original oil painting on unstretched canvas Woman in a Rainbow Dress by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998), dated 1950s. Depicted is a woman wearing a long and ornate multi-colored dress with a cutout just above her chest. She sits in profile with her hands clasped in her lap against a background of wood tones and red. The artist has signed this piece in red paint to the lower right. Presented unstretched and unframed.
Sold to benefit a scholarship fund for the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
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
- minor wear to edges of canvas
Dimensions
Item #
16CIN650-003
