Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas "Shooting From the Hip"

Item Details

An original oil painting on unstretched canvas titled Shooting From the Hip by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). This work features a child wearing a cowboy hat with a blue bandana covering their face, gazing directly at the viewer while holding a yellow toy gun. There are two children playing in the background. The piece is framed with a painted off-white border. It is signed by the artist in ink to the lower right corner of the composition and titled to the verso. This piece is presented 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.

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Item #

16CIN650-035