Nall
Nall was born Fred Nall Hollis on April 21, 1948, in Troy, Alabama. He received a BA degree in Art, with minors in Psychology and Political Science from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and spent four years studying at the Ecole Nationale Superiore de Beaux Arts in Paris, France. Nall had Salvador Dali as a mentor in 1972, 73, and 74. Nall is an artist that has an international reputation working in many mediums:
MOSAICS – Nall created the monumental "Sunrise & Sunset Pensee" for the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
SCULPTURE - Violata Pax project in Assisi & Pietrasanta, Italy; Menton, France; Monaco Cathedral, Monaco; Mobile, Alabama. Monumental "Peace Frame" for the Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi, now in Monaco and the Pisa Airport, and permanently installed in Pietrasanta, Italy; “Violata Pax Colombe” Sculpture in Miami Dade College and in the permanent collection of Prince Albert II of Monaco.
LINE ENGRAVINGS - Nall has produced over 150 copper plate etchings from 1971 to 1990. They are in the permanent collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Pau, France; Birmingham, Montgomery, & Huntsville Museums of Art, and a complete collection of all of Nall’s line engravings the Nice Museum of Fine Arts, Nice France and the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama. There are about 20 other museums containing Nalls works.
MIXED MEDIUM PAINTINGS – Nall has produced paintings for 6 RSA Hotels in Alabama, and he realized the “Alabama Art” Project, with the book Alabama Art, now permanently housed in the Mobile Museum of Art.
PORCELAIN – Three different dinnerware designs for Haviland and Parlon of Limoges,France. Coffee mugs and plates for the Puccini Foundation, realized by Tunisian Porcelain Co.. Gift plates for the Monaco Lions Club, by the Monaco Porcelain Makers. And shortly to be realized by Tunesian Porcelain Co., the Bellingrath Camellia Series.
SETS AND COSTUMES - Designed for "The Girl of the Golden West", and "La Rondine" opera productions for the Festival Fondazione Pucciniano in Torre del Lago-Puccini, Italy.
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS - FIAC, Paris, France; Miami Art Fair, Palm Beach Art Fair, Hamptons International Art Fair, NY
Nall lives and works in Fairhope, Alabama, USA, and has a studio at the N.A.L.L. Art Association in Vence, France.