 Between 1921 and 1923, he spent his summers with the group of artists in Szolnok and Baia Mare ("Nagybánya"), Romania ("see Baia Mare School"), and was first exhibited in 1924.He was sent by the Hungarian Academy as a Fellow on a scholarship to Rome (1928 and 1930).Aba Novák painted many frescoes for the Roman Catholic Church of Jászszentandrás, and Hõsök Kapuja ("Heroes' Gate" - a rare Hungarian example of novecento architecture, commemorating World War I soldiers) in Szeged in 1936 (the latter was white-washed after 1945, restored between 1986 and 2000), and painted many commissions for the Hungarian government.