Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas of Little Girl with Doll
Item Details
An oil painting on unstretched canvas by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). The piece depicts a young blonde girl with short hair dressed in a white blouse and sitting on red and yellow chair. She holds a red haired doll in her hands. This work is unsigned by the artist. Presented unstrached 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
- wear and nail punctures around outer edges of canvas from a previous stretching.
Dimensions
Item #
16CIN650-029
