Albert Pels Oil Painting on Board Rural Landscape
Item Details
An oil painting on board of a rural landscape by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). The work depicts a tranquil rural scene with extensive farmland and red-roofed houses situated among lush greenery and a blue sky. The composition is unsigned by the artist 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
- to fair; wear and scuffs around outer edges of board; loose paint to the exterior areas of painting; missing parts board corners.
Dimensions
Item #
16CIN650-143
