Hungarian-French painter François Gall produced Impressionistic works covering a variety of subject matter. Critics of his day commented extensively on the delicacy of his brushwork, bringing light and color together in his paintings in a harmonious, nuanced manner.
Strongly influenced by French artist Edgar Degas, Gall primarily painted figures, but didn't limit himself to just the human form. Many of his works include countrysides, beaches and city streets.
Born as Ferenc Erdelyi Gall in Kolozsvar (now Cluj Napoca), Hungary, Gall studied under Romanian painter Aurel Popp. In 1932, he showed his work at a Galleria d'Arte Moderna exhibition in Rome.
In 1936, Gall moved to Paris to pursue an artistic career. There, he joined the workshops of French painters Charles-François-Prosper Guérin and André Devambez. In 1937, he exhibited his works depicting his experiences in Paris at the Szalmasy Gallery in Budapest. In 1939, Gall won a silver medal at the Salon d'Asnieres, and he also won a scholarship from the Government of Hungary in that same year.
In 1939, he returned to Hungary for a visit to attend to his sick mother. While away, war broke out in Europe, and he was unable to return to France. Gall served as a medic during World War II, and finished out his service in Austria.
After completing his wartime duties, Gall returned to Paris, where he ultimately became a naturalized French citizen. Although he continued to paint throughout his life, Gall produced his largest body of work in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. He received numerous awards and showed in many exhibitions, including a permanent installation in Bern, Switzerland.
Gall died of a heart attack in 1987, not long after being elected president of France’s National Union of Painters and Professional Sculptors.
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Elizabeth Reading
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall (1912-1987) Well listed post-impressionist artist Gall was the recipient of the "Medaille D'Ore" at the Paris Salon of 1947. “Elizabeth Reading”, c. 1960s Oil on c...
Canvas, Oil
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
Francois Gall Oil on Canvas Seated Figure, "Jeunne Fille de Coiffan"
By François Gall
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Oil on Canvas by post-impressionist French artist Francois Gall (1912-1987). Signed lower right and titled on the verso “Jeunne Fille de Coiffan.” Painting measures: 16” H x 13” W. ...
Paint
Francois Gall Painting "Scène de Plage à Trouville"
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Gall, Francois 1912-1987. French artist. Benezit listed. Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris Salon of 1947. Measures: 8" x 12", oil on canvas. Gall’s subject and composition was inspired by Eugene Boudin. Signed and dated 1938, lower right. Scène de plage...
Canvas
Le Bateau Mouche, Paris, France, Cityscape, Park, Children
By François Gall
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born to Hungarian parents in 1912, François Gall studied at the Academy Royale des Beaux-Arts in Rome. After moving to Paris in 1936, he enrolled at the École Nationale des Beaux-Art...
Canvas, Oil
Marie-Lize, in front of the Vanity Mirror with Flowers
By François Gall
Located in London, GB
FRANCOIS GALL 1912-1987 Kolozsvar 1912 - 1987 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Marie-Lize, in front of the Vanity Mirror with Flowers / Marie-Lize Devant la Coiffeuse Fleurie, ca ...
Oil
Francois Gall Oil on Canvas, "Le Pont Neuf a Paris"
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall 1912-1987 Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris salon of 1947. This fine painting in the path of the great impressionist, Pissarro, represents the ...
Canvas, Wood
$7,920Sale Price|41% Off
Nude in Interior
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall (1912-1987). French artist. "Nude in Interior," circa 1970. Measures: 18 X 15 inches, oil on canvas, signed and inscribed
Oil
$14,500
Painting by Francois Gall
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall 1912-1987 French artist. Benezit Listed. Gall Was The Recipient Of The Medaille D'ore At the Paris Salon of 1947. Measures: 10 ½ x 18...
Canvas
At the Cafe
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall 1912-1987 French artist. BENEZIT LISTED. GALL WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAILLE d'ORE At the Paris Salon of 1947. 10 ½ x 18 oil on canvas, signed lower right. This ca...
Oil
$5,760Sale Price|20% Off
"Apres le Bain"
By François Gall
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Francois Gall. " After the Bath" signed lower left. Condition is very good. In original gold gilt wash frame in fine conditi...
Canvas, Oil
$9,900
Francois Gall Painting
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall (1912-1987). French artist. "Nude in Interior," circa 1970. Measures: 18 X 15 inches, oil on canvas, signed and inscribed
Canvas
$19,000
Francois Gall Painting
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall (1912-1987) François Gall was a Hungarian-born French painter best known for his Impressionistic style. Primarily focused on the figure, h...
Canvas
"Scène de Plage à Trouville"
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Gall, Francois 1912-1987. French artist. Benezit listed. Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris Salon of 1947. Measures: 8" x 12", oil on canvas. Gall’s subject and composition was inspired by Eugene Boudin. Signed and dated 1938, lower right. Scène de plage...
Oil
Le Pont Neuf a Paris
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall 1912-1987 Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris salon of 1947. This fine painting in the path of the great impressionist, Pissarro, represents the artist’s love, understanding and affection toward one of the most loved and respected ‘ism’; Impressionism! Measures: 25 x 32 oil on canvas, signed lower right. Le Pont Neuf...
Oil
At the Races
By François Gall
Located in Lexington, KY
Gall was a Hungarian-born French painter known for his abstract expressionism and surrealism marked by bold colors, dynamic forms, and a deep sense of human emotion. Gall was educate...
Oil
$15,200Sale Price|20% Off
Lady in a Garden
By François Gall
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall ( 1912-1987) François Gall was a Hungarian-born French painter best known for his Impressionistic style. Primarily focused on the figure, his brushy oil paintings are largely inspired by the Impressionist masters, Edgar Degas in particular. Gall often painted women engrossed in traditionally feminine activities—ballet, fixing their hair, sewing—rendered in loose, expressive marks and bright pastel colors. In addition to his figurative work, the artist also captured the French landscape, most notably the beach. In A Day at the Beach (c. 1948), loosely sketches bathers frolic under striped umbrellas in a picturesque rendering of French summer vacation. Born in 1912 in Transylvania, Romania, Gall received his formal training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Workshop Coromaldi in Rome, Italy. He would later settle in Paris in 1936, where he befriended prominent artists of the day—including Pablo Picasso—and became a naturalized French citizen in 1942. As his work grew in esteem, Gall was granted the Francis Smith...
Oil
A Finely Executed 'Plein Air' Barbizon Style Landscape by Francois Gall
By François Gall
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine & sensitively executed Barbizon 'plein-air' style landscape depicting rural figures in a treed setting. Oil on wood panel, measuring 9" high x 12.25" wide, signed bottom left...
Paint, Wood
Danish Winter Scene Oil Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine oil painting on canvas of a winter snowy scene is signed and dated M. Norgoard 1912. This painting sold in as found contion is framed in its original frame. The painting co...
Canvas, Wood
"Wanderer, " Oil Painting
By Morgan Cameron
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Wanderer” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a Bison in the wild. This painting is unframed, but ready to hang. Ab...
Oil
$3,500
H 29.5 in W 35.5 in D 2.5 in
“Autumn Landscape, c. 1910” American Impressionist New England Fall Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
Warm air seems to move through this scene as the eye wanders along a gentle swale dotted with granite boulders, low stone walls and scrubby autumn color. A ribbon of meadow pulls us ...
Canvas, Oil
Antique Tavern Scene Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique tavern scene oil painting Origin: Belgium, circa 1820. Measurements: 25" W x 2 1/4" D x 28" H.
Paint
$4,500
H 29 in W 35 in D 2 in
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist
By Francis Stillwell Dixon
Located in Yardley, PA
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” by Francis Stillwell Dixon (American, 1879-1967). One of Dixon’s finest canvases, depicting a tranquil forest scene bathed in soft, dappled l...
Canvas, Oil
$3,605Sale Price|25% Off
H 13 in W 17.33 in
Circle of David Teniers, Landscape with Peasants by an Inn and a River, Dutch
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Teniers, Peasants in a Landscape passing by a river and an Inn.
Oil, Panel
$6,500
H 25 in W 28.5 in D 5 in
Paris Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas, Arc De Triumphe, by Jean Salabet
By Jean Salabet
Located in Toledo, OH
Paris Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas, Arc de Triumphe, by Jean Salabet. Circa 1950's. Fall street scene in Paris with Arc de Triom...
Canvas
$5,408
H 25.6 in W 30.71 in D 1.97 in
19th Century Roman Landscape oil on canvas with Giltwood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
Amaizing 19' century Roman landscape depicting a part of Villa Borghese with Trinità dei Monti. With a finely carved gilt wood coeval frame. Measurements with frame cm 65 x78 wit...
Oil
$1,189
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
Mid-Century Spanish Harvest Girl with Grapes Mediterranean Figurative Oil canvas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mid-Century Spanish Harvest Girl with Grapes Mediterranean Figurative Oil TECHNICAL DETAILS Artist: Lafuente (Spanish School, mid-20th century) Title: Harvest Girl with Grapes Medi...
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
H 22 in W 30 in D 3.25 in
19th C. French Port de Marseille Harbor Scene Painting Signed S. Audibert 1885
Located in Dallas, TX
Painted in southern France circa 1885, this captivating maritime landscape captures the luminous atmosphere of the Port de Marseille along the Mediterranean coast. The oil on canvas,...
Canvas, Giltwood
$7,500
H 20 in W 30 in
"Sunset on the Marsh" Dennis Sheehan, Dusk, Sunset Reflections, Natural Beauty
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Sunset on the Marsh, Summer, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon...
Canvas, Oil
$464Sale Price|45% Off
H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil w Tiffany Blue Background
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted Tiffany Blue background, black abstract portrait. Here you ...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Walk in the Park
By François Gall
Located in Sheffield, MA
Francois Gall Hungarian-French, 1912-1987 Walk in the Park Oil on canvas 8 ½ by 11 in, w/ frame 15 ¾ by 17 ¾ in Signed lower left Francois Gall, Hungarian by birth, became a natura...
Oil
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H 15.5 in W 17.25 in D 2.25 in
"Deauville" Impressionist French Beach Scene Oil Painting on Canvas with Figures
By François Gall
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting of a busy beach scene by François Gall. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career, depicting a lively beach sce...
Canvas, Oil
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H 20 in W 17.5 in
"Still life" François Gall, Modern Impressionist Red Flowers Still Life
By François Gall
Located in New York, NY
Francois Gall Still life Signed lower right Oil on canvas 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches François Gall was born in Kolozsvar in Transylvania. He moved to Paris in 1936 and became an Impress...
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 50 in
French Impressionist mid century cafe scene of two women seated in a Cafe
By François Gall
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francois Gall, Hungarian by birth, became an impressionist painter in the pure French tradition after he moved to Paris in 1936. He was born in Kolozsvar in the former region of Tr...
Oil, Canvas
Pont Neuf
By François Gall
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed and titled lower left. Francois Gall, Hungarian by birth, became a naturalized French citizen in 1942. He is best known as an impressionist painter in the pure French traditi...
Canvas, Oil
Eugénie et Marie-Lize enfants dans un parc
By François Gall
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on cardboard Signed and inscribed lower left: “F. Gall / Paris” This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.
Oil, Cardboard
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H 14 in W 16 in
Harbour - Camaret - Post Impressionist Oil Figure in Landscape by Francois Gall
By François Gall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Oil on board 1947 by French post impressionist painter Francois Gall. The work depicts a view at the harbour at Camaret in Brittany, France. At the centre of the piece a figure is wa...
Oil, Board
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H 13 in W 16 in
Low Tide - Honfleur - Post Impressionist Coastal Landscape by Francois Gall
By François Gall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Oil on panel 1946 by French post impressionist painter Francois Gall. The work depicts a view of the beach at Honfleur in Normandy in France at low tide. Signature: Signed lower rig...
Oil, Panel
"Ballerinas" by Francois Gall
By François Gall
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Measuring 9"x 10" canvas and 15" x 17" including the frame. Painting is in excellent condition, there is some slight fraying on the linen liner ...
Paint
French Scene on a Bridge
By François Gall
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist painting with figures on a bridge by Hungarian / French artist Francois Gall (1912-1987). Gall was born in Kolozvar, Hungary and began his artistic studies at th...
Canvas, Oil
Jockeys
By François Gall
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist oil painting of jockeys and horses around spectators by Hungarian / French artist Francois Gall (1912-1987). Gall was born in...
Canvas, Oil
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H 17 in W 19 in D 2 in
"South of France Beach Scene" Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting with Figures
By François Gall
Located in New York, NY
François Gall was known for his impressionistic scenes of the 20th Centruy, portraying the French Lifestyle of that nostalgic era. Scenes depicting popular locations of the plague in...
Canvas, Oil