Hungarian by birth - born in Kolozsvar in the former region of Transylvania - François Gall (1912-1987) became an impressionist painter🎨 in the pure French tradition after he moved to Paris in 1936.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome while working to secure a living.
The artist participated in various Salon exhibitions in Paris.
Support came in 1939 when the Hungarian government awarded🎨 Gall with a scholarship. Received the Medaille🎨 de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in 1974.
Appointed Chevalier dans l’Odre des Arts des Lettres in 1976.
In 1963, he was honored with the Francis Smith Prize🎨.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Gall see:
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