Maurice Gayral Tarn School Gaillac Tarn Rue De La Portanelle Oil On Cardboard 20th Century

Maurice Gayral (1872-1957) Gaillac, view of the rue de la Portanelle, towards the Rue St Roch and the Traverse Arnaud Tarnaise 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 teacher 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 canvas, 26.7 x 34.6 cm Small losses and traces of holes on the panel Modern frame Signature lower left