Young Girls Around The Fountain Loÿs Prat Paris Exhibition 1925

In 1896, he received a grant from the Drôme General Council for his artistic studies. In 1897, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. In 1900, Prat moved to Paris where he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts. A student of Fernand Cormon, he prepared for the Prix de Rome competition. After several setbacks, he won the second Grand Prix in 1908. During the First World War, he was mobilized and assigned to a camouflage unit. Works: The Silo Swimming Pool, Salon of 1906. The crowd cheering the winning athlete, Municipal Museum of Art and History of Colombes. 1910: decoration of the north gallery of the Petit Palais in Paris with Fernand Cormon. 1914: decoration of the theater at the Blanchisserie-Teinturerie in Thaon-les-Vosges; 1918-1919: decoration of the chocolate factory at the Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Aiguebelle, relocated to Donzère; 1922: decoration of the boys' school at 33 rue Miollis, in Paris[2]; 1923: frescoes for a home for disabled veterans In Thaon-les-Vosges; 1925: frescoes for three buildings at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts: the Cour des Métiers pavilion, the Albert-Morancé-Corcellet pavilion, and the Saint-Dominique Fabert gate (undated); decorations for a school on Rue Eugène-Reisz (Paris); 1932: three decorative canvases for the Colombes town hall: Allegory on the theme of love and family. The crowd cheering the victorious athlete at the 1924 Summer Olympics. On the back there is a trace of a label as well as a 1925 stamp. Probably from an exhibition. Dimensions with frame: 81.5 cm x 137 cm