Pallady was born in Iasi, but at a young age, his family sent him to Dresden, where he studied engineering at the Dresden University of Technology between 1887 and 1889. At the same time, he studied art with Erwin Oehme, who, recognizing his artistic intuition, suggested that he go to Paris.
In Paris, Pallady worked in the studio of Edmond Aman-Jean and enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts (Académie des Beaux-Arts). In 1892 he joined Gustave Moreau’s studio where he worked alongside painters such as Henri Matisse, with whom he developed a close friendship, Georges Rouault, and Albert Marquet.[3]In 1900, he presented his work "The Prodigal Son", at the Exposition Universelle, which earned him high praise.
Art Movement: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
He also exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1924, 1940 and 1942.
The Theodor Pallady Museum in Bucharest, a branch of the National Museum of Art of Romania, has only six of Pallady's paintings; it is housed in Bucharest's oldest private lodging. Other works of Pallady's are features of the National Museum's main collection, at Bucharest's Zambaccian Museum, the Palace of Culture in Iasi, the Arges County Museum in Pitesti, and the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu. There are also paintings by this painter at the Craiova Art Museum in Craiova, Romania.