Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas "Stand Up for Pregnant Women"

Item Details

An oil painting on unstretched canvas titled Stand Up for Pregnant Women by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). This work depicts three people seated on a subway while a pregnant woman with a child swaddled on her back stands and holds onto a pole. The composition is portrayed in Pels’ signature style of vibrant colors, delineated outlines, and textural brushstrokes. It is signed in orange to the lower left. Handwriting to the verso includes the title and other illegible information. 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, he 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

- some wear along canvas edges; paint loss in canvas; minor marks on canvas.

Dimensions

Item #

16CIN650-101