Albert Pels Original Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas of a Couple Dancing

Item Details

An original oil painting on unstretched canvas of a couple dancing by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). Depicted is a young couple dancing a square dance the girl wears a white dress with red embellishments. While the boy wears a western style shirt and bandana tied around his neck. This piece is signed in black near the lower left corner. This work is unframed, awaiting presentation of choice.

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 edgers of canvas;

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Item #

16CIN650-049