CECIL CROSLEY BELL (1906 - 1970)

Horse Runner at Auction.
Oil on masonite. 305x406 mm; 12x16 inches. Signed, C. Bell, lower left. Signed, Cecil C. Bell, and inscribed as titled on verso.

Born in Seattle, Bell studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to New York in 1930. In New York, Bell painted everyday scenes of city life and studied at the Art Students League with John Sloan (1871-1951) while working in advertising (most notably for the Donut Corporation). In 1936, the Whitney Museum of American Art purchased Bell's watercolor, Ice Skaters, Central Park along with several works by WPA artists.

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