Pal Fried, (1893-1976), Hungarian American artist, was born in Budapest and studied at the Hungarian Academie under Professor Hugo Pohl and in Paris under Claude Monet and Lucien Simone. Under Pohl’s influence, he executed many portraits, nudes and Oriental scenes in pastel. He was also greatly influenced by the French Impressionist School of Renoir and Degas. Fried Pal was incredibly versatile and prolific. His commissions included ballerinas, the streets of Paris and exotic nudes. Fried Pal would give each model he used a name. Names like Carmen, Isabelle, Annabelle and Francine also became the painting title and described the models personality.