Peter Adolf HALL, also known as PA HALL, Pierre Adolphe HALL,was a Swedish-French artist, born 23 February 1739 in Borås and died 15 May 1793 in Liège, who mainly devoted himself to miniature painting. HALL was born to a merchant and magistrate in Borås, who was also a Member of Parliament, Petter Börjesson HALL (1707-1776) and Eva Margareta. Together with his younger brother Birger Martin, HALL studied medicine and natural history between 1753-55 at Uppsala University's medical faculty. In the following years, 1755–59, the brothers went on a period-style educational journey in Europe. In Berlin and Hamburg, Peter Adolf acquainted himself both with playing music and took a liking to the visual arts. He started working in enamel and miniature painting instead of becoming a doctor. In May 1766 HALL began to work as an artist in Paris. Three years later, at the age of 30, he was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts. He painted portraits of the Dauphin of France, the prospective Louis XVI, as of his two brothers, who also would ascend the throne eventually, after the Revolution and the Napoleonic period, namely, Louis XVIII and Charles X. Peter Adolf HALL was then appointed a court painter or Peintre du Roi et des Enfants de France. He exposes at the Salon from 1769 to 1789. Peter Adolf HALL was a strong supporter of Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU's ideology. Among those who visited his home on the Rue du Petit-Reposoir in Paris were not only the art world participants and patrons but also the Marquis of Lafayette. Hall was present at the Storming of the Bastille as a revolutionary officer. In 1791 he went into exile though and never reunited with his family in Paris ever again. HALL supported his family from abroad as best as he could, but died in Belgium a few years later.