Estelle Fedelle, Painting, 1952, A Old Arabian Man Resting on a Horse

Estelle Fedelle, Signed lower right "Fedelle" and painted circa 1952.
A substantial oriental landscape with a old arabian man resting on a
horse . . This listed artist studied at the American Academy of Fine
Arts and, subsequently, at the Art Institute of Chicago. A member of the
Oil Painters of America, she was also a noted author and teacher.
, Estelle Fedelle (1916-2001) was the author of the highly popular book
How to Begin Painting for Fun. Fedelle was a longtime Chicago-area
artist, teacher, lecturer and author who founded the Northwest Side Art
League as a means of displaying her students' paintings. Born in Chicago
to Polish immigrants, Fedelle studied at the American Academy of Fine
Arts from 1944 to 1947. She continued her education at the Art Institute
of Chicago, Northwestern University and Institute of Design. In the
late 1940s, she opened an art studio in her home on Chicago's Northwest
Side, where she created her own art pieces and began to share her talent
through teaching. Her business expanded and she would later operate art
studios and schools in separate spaces on the Northwest Side and in
Park Ridge. In the early 1950s, Ms. Fedelle founded the Regent Art
League. A portrait artist and private art teacher for more than 50
years, Fedelle's work has been exhibited in nearly 60 one-person shows,
in addition to group shows. Her paintings, several of which were public
and private commissions, are in permanent collections at such sites as
Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge and Villa Scalabrini Home in
Melrose Park. The recipient of more than 100 awards for her paintings,
Fedelle in 1973 received an honorary doctorate from Colorado State
Christian College. Fedelle was also a member of numerous Chicago-area
art leagues and clubs, as well as a was a life fellow of the Royal
Society of London and served on boards for the Chicago Municipal Art
League and the Chicago chapter of the Oil Painters of America.
The painting is signed in the lower left is a oil /cardboard ,and is
framed in a beveled giltwood frame that makes the colors of the painting
. Unframed, this small painting measures 16” x 12”, and the overall
framed dimensions measure 21” x 17”.