Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas of an Ohio Landscape

Item Details

An oil painting on unstretched canvas on an Ohio landscape by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998), created in 1947. The work depicts a rural scene with a diagonal stream crossed by a concrete bridge. Surrounded by lush trees and foliage with farmhouse and figures rendered far in the distance. The piece is signed by the artist with a monogram ‘A.P’ to the lower right corner and the year is present to the verso. Presented as an unstretched and unframed canvas.

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 #

16CIN650-030