Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas "First Snow of Winter"

Item Details

An oil painting on an unstretched canvas titled First Snow of Winter, created by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). This work features a homeless man sitting on the city sidewalk and a crowd of anonymous people walking in the background. The man has crutches and his belongings propped in the corner. The work is portrayed in Pels’ signature style of vibrant colors, bold delineated outlines, and loose brushstrokes. The painting is signed slightly right of the lower center. Handwriting to the verso includes the title of the work. 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

- some folds and wear at canvas edges.

Dimensions

Item #

16CIN650-060