Maurice Gayral Gaillac Tarn Parc Foucaud Rue St Roch Tarnaise School Oil 20th Century Fountain Linen

Gaillac, view of Parc Foucauld, Tarn side, with Rue Saint-Roch with drying laundry. Tarn School mid-20th century. Maurice Gayral, born in Donnazac, canton of Cordes (Tarn) studied at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, then became a drawing teacher in Castelsarrazin, then at the college of Castres (1894-1897, then 1901) and finally in Gaillac in 1901. He then became a professor in Paris in several painting academies. Student of Jean-Paul Laurens, Emile-Georges Weiss, Paul Renard, Jules-Eugène Pagès, Benjamin Constant and Emmanuel Fremiet. He retired to Gaillac in 1940 where he died in 1957. Oil on cardboard panel, size 41.2 x 32.8 cm Small losses and traces of holes on the panel Modern frame Signature lower right