Albert Pels Oil Painting on Board of Nude Bather

Item Details

An oil painting on composite board of a nude bather by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998), dated 1930. Likely a student work, the piece depicts the posterior view of a brunette woman in full-length. Unsigned by the artist, it comes from the collection of the Art Academy of Cincinnati with artist attribution.

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

- to fair; abrasion to corners and edges on masonite board; scratches and scuffs on board.

Dimensions

- measures the board.

Item #

16CIN650-131