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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Paris Park Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1960s, Framed
Located in Houston, TX
Jules René Hervé (1887-1981) was a French painter known for his depictions of Paris and the French countryside. Undeterred by the developments of 20th-century avant-garde movements, ...
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Oil on Canvas Painting, Lajos Jambor, Signed, Circa 1930, Framed
Located in Houston, TX
Lajos (Louis) Jambor (1884-1955) Prolific Hungarian-American Post-Impressionist painter and illustrator. He is most widely recognized for providing the illustrat...
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Paris L'Île Saint Louis Painting, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1930s
By Élisée Maclet
Located in Houston, TX
Elisee Maclet (1881-1962) Very well listed French artist. Studied in Paris, was influence by many famous French artists of the beginning of the 20th ce...
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Cityscape Oil Painting on Canvas, Antal Berkes, Circa 1920s, Signed
By Antal Berkes
Located in Houston, TX
Antal Berkes (1874-1938) Antal Berkes (1874–1938) was a Hungarian painter, born in Budapest, Hungary. He lived in Paris for some time and produced cityscapes there as well as simi...
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Spring in Paris Oil Painting, Belle Époque, Signed, Circa 1910s
By Antal Berkes
Located in Houston, TX
Well listed Hungarian artist Berkes Antal (1874 - 1938). Active in Paris, Munich and Budapest. "Spring in Paris", circa 1910s. Dimensions: 26"h x 38"w, oi...
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Lady in a Garden, Oil on Canvas, Signed, French Impressionist, 1953
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...
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C1930 Impressionist Ashcan Original Painting of a Cafe Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Impressionist view of a interior cafe with a chef and patrons. Colorful palette with a Ashcan style in the Painting created about 1930. Unsigned. Framed in what appears to be the ori...
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
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...
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GUY RODDON (1919-2006) French Cafe Street Scene ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Guy Roddon (1919-2006) British TITLE: "French Cafe Street Scene" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 80cm x 70cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Painter and teacher, born in London. After Bryanston School he studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art with James Bateman and Clive Gardiner, 1937–9, then at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, 1939–40, with Ernest Jackson, and drawing at La Grande Chaumière, Paris. During World War II he served in Royal Engineers before transferring to the Camouflage Unit, which included Frederick Gore, Oliver Messel, Roland Penrose and Claude Rogers. Roddon spent part of the war stationed in the Old Assembly Rooms, Norwich, as a camouflage instructor alongside Messel and Penrose. From 1948–50, he taught at Goldsmiths’; from 1960–1 was commissioned to paint The Stations of the Cross and Resurrrection for St Thomas More, Patcham; from 1960–3 moved to Paris; rented Edwin John’s studio in Tite Street for 10 years; and began a series of portraits, sitters including the novelist L P Hartley, composer John Ireland...
Oil
Luigi Cagliani (1910-1987), Oil on Canvas of a Parisian Street Scene
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
This Luigi Cagliani (1910-1987) oil on canvas of a Parisian Street Scene is in impressive condition. With a romantic movement, almost 19th Century sense, Cagliani presents a whimsical oil painting...
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"Anticipation of a Rendezvous" French impressionist Oil on canvas, cafe scene
By François Gall
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas 24 x 29 inches (61 x 73.6 cm) Framed: 34 x 38 ½ inches (86 x 98 cm) Signed lower left: F. Gall PROVENANCE: James Julia, Maine, 2011 Private Collection, NY Francois Ga...
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting on Board of a French Cafe
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on board executed in a distinctive naive folky style of a French cafe with figures dressed in Belle Epoque attire. Signed by the noted artist Ferdinand Boilauges and pre...
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