Albert Pels Oil Painting on Board of a Smoke House
Item Details
An oil painting on board of a smoke house by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). Depicted is a snowy mountainous landscape with a smoke house present to the right of the composition in the foreground. Worn advertising signs are present to the side of the building while other structures are rendered farther down the road. This piece is signed and monogrammed near the lower right corner. Presented as an unframed painting on board.
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 board;
Dimensions
Item #
16CIN650-083
