Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas "Single Mother"

Item Details

An original oil painting on an unstretched canvas titled Single Mother, by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). This work features a mother prominently portrayed in the foreground; with a stressed expression on her face, she holds her toddler in her arms while her other child stands at her side. A crowd of people are rendered on a street with various street signs that recede into the background. The work is portrayed in Pels’ signature style of vibrant colors, bold delineated outlines, and heavy impasto in certain areas. This canvas is signed in black to the lower right and handwriting to the verso reads the title. The work is 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 along canvas edges.

Dimensions

- measures canvas.

Item #

16CIN650-061