Pal Fried - Charmaine

Pal Fried (Hungary, 1893-1976) was born in Budapest and studied at the Hungarian Academie under Professor Hugo Pohl, and in Paris under Claude Monet and Lucien Simone.

He emigrated to America after World War II and taught at the Academy of Arts in New York before moving to Hollywood, where he gained popularity painting high society women and celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and other screen stars.

He is most famous for his paintings of Parisian women, and his exceptional mastery of light and movement. This nude, Charmaine is no exception.

Charmaine is expertly framed in a hand-made Louis XIV / Rococo Revival style frame with linen liner.

Height: 36" x width: 30". Framed; height: 29 3/4" x width: 23 3/4".