Bidspirit auction | Susan Gertrude Schell (1891 -

Susan Gertrude Schell (1891 - 1970) American - Susan Gertrude Schell (1891 - 1970) Oil on board, Signed Lower Right, Measures (16 x 20 inches) w/frame (19 x 23 inches) Gertrude Schell (Titusville, Pennsylvania 1891 - 1970) began her studies at West Chester State Teachers College and then transferred to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, where she would later become a faculty member (1930-60). She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors then she joined the group known as the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women painters, in 1934. Patricia Tanis Sydney characterizes Schell's landscapes as ”powerful, personal, majestic, striking and theatrical.” Schell herself stated one of her goals was ”to record moods of nature rather than to give photographic representations of scenery.” She was part of the mid twentieth century ”Romantic survival” in American painting, which was a step beyond impressionism in its choice of more dramatic moments of nature over the sunny atmosphere of impressionist landscapes. Condition: The absence of a condition report does not imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their age; these issues will likely not be mentioned in the condition report. Please contact the auction house