Hungarian painting decorates the French President’s office

The official photographer of the French President posted a photo of the president’s office on Instagram, and Kálmán Makláry immediately noticed the Hungarian painting hanging above his desk, 444.hu reports. The painting titled Écriture rose was painted by Hungarian-born artist Simon Hantai.

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron has been serving as President of France since 14 May 2017. He was previously Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs from 2014 to 2016. The president’s photographer posted a photo of the president’s office on Instagram, and there it was, hanging above his desk, a beautiful painting. That painting, Écriture rose, is the work of Hungarian-born painter Simon Hantai.

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Simon Hantai was a French-Hungarian conceptual artist and painter, and he is one of the most well-known Hungarian artists abroad.

Hantai was born in Bia, Hungary, in 1922. He attended the Budapest School of Fine arts. Later, he moved to France, then became a French citizen in 1966. He lived and worked in France until his death in 2008.

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