Maurice Vagh Weinmannartist • painterBoedapest (Hongarije) 1899-1986 Frankrijk

Like his brother Nandor, Maurice Vagh Weimann was originally Hungarian, born in Budapest and educated at the academy there. In the 1930s, both moved to Paris, like so many painters at the time. Maurice became famous in 1948 when the city of Paris bought his work for the Petit Palais. Both in Hungary and later in France, he prefers to paint the countryside with its natural beauty, peasant population and fairgrounds, in a powerful impressionist style. In 1950, the painter settled permanently near Aix en Provence, where he took French nationality seven years later.