François GALL (1912-1987), - Lot 293

François GALL (1912-1987), The Pont Neuf in autumn, seen from the Quai des Grands Augustins. Oil on panel. Signed lower right. Height 46.5 cm. Width : 55 cm. Provenance: - ARTCURIAL sale, April 5, 2016, lot number 290. Note: Recognized by the Nagybàvnya School, the Hungarian Barbizon School, the young Gàll Ferencz was admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Coromaldi Workshop in Rome in 1929. He was 17 years old, had 40 cents in his pocket and, to make a living, worked as a gardener, construction worker and bell-ringer... 1932 The Hunyadi-Aldobrandini Prize, a major scholarship, enables him to enter the Collegium Hungaricum, the equivalent of the Villa Medici, to study painting, sculpture and ceramics, and to travel throughout Europe. On his return, his hometown of Kolozsvàr, now Cluj, organized his first exhibition, with works from 1929 to 1932: rural subjects from Nagybànya, parks, gardens, watersides, village scenes, festivals, picnics, circuses, folk dances, but also the bustle of Rome, its buildings, streets and markets. And themes common to both countries: street singers, travellers, beggars, as well as portraits and busts, commissioned by some of the great families. - 1947 Gold Medal for "Bread for the People" at the Salon des Artistes Français, acclaimed by all the newspapers, naturalized French in 1949.