Vintage Hungary School Aurel Naray Expressionist Oil Painting

Vintage Hungary School Aurel Naray Expressionist Oil Painting, signed, Bar Scene with 9 Gentlemen, SLR, 23 x 31 1/4", 27 1/2 x 35 1/2" framed.
Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1883, he was a self-educated artist and social critic. He worked with art teacher and academician painter Zsigmond Vajda (1860-1931) for 6 months, but had no other conventional art training.He exhibited in the Nemzeti Szalon (National Salon) in 1921 and 1924, and later in America and throughout Europe. In 1924 he traveled to the USA and exhibited extensively.Naray's themes include the portrayal of woman, children, idyllic folk life and imaginary landscapes, flowers (the petals having fireworks-like energy) and most notably, paintings of ecclesiastical subjects.His works are included in the collection of the Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galeria), the Hungarian Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmuveszeti Muzeum), the British Royal Family Collection.He died in Budapest in 1948.

27.5 x 35.5 x 3 in