Albert Pels Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas of Children and Puppy
Item Details
An oil painting on unstretched canvas of four children and a puppy by well-listed American genre painter and muralist Albert Pels (Cincinnati/New York; 1910 – 1998). Enclosed in an architectural frame, the piece depicts four children and a brown dog. The figures are positioned in a semicircle, raising their hands with their palms up. The painting is rendered with black outlines and painterly brushstrokes. This work is signed by the artist to the lower right. The item remains unframed.
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
- minor wear around outer irregular edges of canvas.
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Item #
16CIN650-129
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