This lot consists of a hand painted Oil on Canvas rendered in style of the French-Hungarian painter Francois Gall (1912-1987). Painting signed at the lower left corner: F. Gall
Francois Gall was born “Ferenc Erdelyi Gall” in 1912 in Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj Napoca). In 1936, at age 24 years, he moved to Paris. Early in 1939, Gall returned to Kolosvar to attend the bedside of his dying father. Once there, he could not return to France as the declaration of war was imminent. Gall's war time years were finished in Wels, Austria where he was a medic. He attended to Jewish people. After Austria's liberation from German occupation, Gall returned to his attic at 16 Dauphine Street, Paris and resumed his career as an artist. In 1949, Gall became a naturalized French citizen. Gall married Eugenia Chassaing, a young woman from the province of Quercy. They had three children: Lize-Marie (1947), Jean-Francois (1948), and Elizabeth-Anne (1956). In 1954, the family moved to 8 Villa Brune in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was purchased from the widow of Jules-Emile Zingg. Eugenia and the children became subjects and models for Gall's paintings. Eugenia died in a motor vehicle accident in 1980. In 1961, while hanging paintings for an exhibition for the Salon des Independents in the Grand Palais, Gall fell several metres and could not work for over a year. In 1987, at the “House of Artists” in Berryer street, Paris, Gall succumbed to his third heart attack.

DIMENSIONS:
Unframed 11"x14.1" (28x36cm)
Framed 13.3"x16.5" (34x42cm)

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection

Overall excellent condition considering the age of the artwork. No tears, paint loss, or serious aesthetic damage. The Lot does not carry established documented provenance, described in the catalogue as "in the style of" of the artist, work by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist.