Pál Fried 1893 Budapest - 1976 New York City Three-quarter portrait of a young, dark-haired woman with a black top and necklace Signed and dated lower left (1933) Oil on canvas, framed Size: 50 x 40 cm (without frame) / 53.2 x 43.2 cm (with frame) Provenance: verso upper left, a somewhat faded export stamp of the Hungarian National Gallery in violet, "Kivitelre Engedélyezve M.N.G." ____________________________ Pál Fried Painter, art teacher. Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (under Hugo Pohl) Student of Lucien Simone and Claude Monet in Paris Travels to Africa and Spain 1947 Moved from Budapest to the United States and worked as a lecturer at the New York Academy of Fine Arts In the 1950s/60s he worked as a painter in Hollywood and portrayed numerous personalities