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
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
$4,000
H 36 in W 24 in
Harmony - Portrait in Blue, Inspired by Raphael's Tempi Madonna - Original Oil
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Harmony This painting feels especially important in understanding Bruno Surdo’s artistic roots because it is not simply an homage to Raphael — it is also a return to one of the forma...
Canvas, Oil
$86,800
H 60 in W 33 in
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian, 1854 - 1919) Full Length "Orientalist Queen" Oil
By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in Queens, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian, 1854 - 1919) An Exceptional quality full length oil on canvas painting of a Young Orientalist Queen / Odalisque. 19th ...
Oil
$755
H 14.97 in W 18.12 in
School of Paris Female Portrait by Menachem Gueffen, Oil on Canvas, circa 1960
By Menachem Gueffen
Located in NANTES, FR
This oil on canvas by Menachem Gueffen, painted circa 1960, reflects the influence of the School of Paris and Post-War European Modernism. The composition presents a stylized female...
Oil
Dark Haired Exotic Vailed Woman Portrait, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1950s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5183 Vintage painting of a vailed dark haired exotic woman Set in a modernist gilt frame Image size 19.5x15.5"
Oil
$950
H 16 in W 16 in
Ray Simonini, "Miranda" 16x16 Cute Farm Animal Pig Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Miranda" is a 16x16 farm animal oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a pink pig against...
Canvas, Oil
$450
H 16 in W 8 in
Ray Simonini, "Penny" 16x8 Impressionist Pig Farm Animal Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Penny" is a 16x8 farm animal oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a pink pig against a ...
Canvas, Oil
$58,000
H 36 in W 48 in
Federico Castelluccio, "American Mustang" Equine Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
By Federico Castelluccio
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine portrait, "American Mustang" is a 36x48" oil painting on canvas by Italian actor and artist Federico Castelluccio. A beautiful dark horse ...
Canvas, Oil
$7,500
H 40 in W 30 in
Seduction, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 40x30 in
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
“Seduction” by Bruno Surdo is a lush, contemporary oil painting that blends Rococo elegance with a surreal, almost dreamlike sensibility. A porcelain-skinned figure gazes outward wit...
Canvas, Oil
$48,000
H 60 in W 48 in
HOW TO BE HAPPY - Underwater Photorealism / Female Swimmer / Large Portrait
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,200
H 39.38 in W 31.89 in D 1.58 in
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Slow Street
By Karine Bartoli
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Canvas, Oil
La Grande Parade
By Jérome Romain
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Canvas, Oil
Instababe
By Jackie Gordon
Located in New York, NY
Innocence of childhood. Portrait. About the Artist: My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down and preserving the ...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
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
Les Grands Boulevards - Paris
By François Gall
Located in London, GB
'Les Grands Boulevards - Paris', oil on board, by François Gall (circa 1950s). An impressionist depiction of Parisians promenading at dusk. The r...
Oil, Board