Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas Portrait of a Woman
Item Details
An oil portrait on unstretched canvas of a woman by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998), created in 1933. Depicted is a woman wearing a blue striped outfit with a white turtle neck and cloche-styled hat. The artist has signed this piece in black to the lower left. Several graphite inscriptions are present to the verso. This piece won Pels a scholarship to the Cincinnati Art Academy and is inscribed ‘The Best Painting in Art Academy’ to the verso. It remains 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, he 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
- wear throughout canvas edges including fraying, rips, perforations, bends, and stains.
Dimensions
Item #
16CIN650-005
