'Mother and Child' is an original oil on board signed in the lower left by the artist and framed in a period frame. This piece was purchased directly from Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset, ME. Proof of purchase can be supplied with their verification as to the artist of this piece.

Aurel Naray (1883-1948) Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1883, he was a self-educated artist and social critic. Naray was a self-taught Hungarian painter who can be considered one of the most important and original artists in his country during the 1920 and 1930s. He worked with art teacher and academician painter Zsigmond Vajda (1860-1931) for 6 months, but had no other conventional art training. He exhibited in the Nemzeti Szalon (National Salon) in 1921 and 1924, and later in America and throughout Europe. In 1924 he traveled to the USA and exhibited extensively. Naray was a self-taught Hungarian painter who can be considered one of the most important and original artists in his country during the 1920 and 1930s.

Naray's themes include the portrayal of woman, children, idyllic folk life and imaginary landscapes, flowers (the petals having fireworks-like energy) and most notably, paintings of ecclesiastical subjects. His works are included in the collection of the Hungarian National Gallery