August François Gay

August Gay whose birth name was Auguste-François Pierre Gay (June 11, 1890 – 1948) was a French-born American painter and etcher. He was a member of the Society of Six in Oakland, California, and an Impressionist landscape painter.

Life Gay was born on June 11, 1890, in Rabou, France. He emigrated to the United States with his family as a teenager, settling in Alameda, California. He was an Impressionist, and he painted California landscapes en plein air. For art historian Nancy Boas, Gay had "an instinctive understanding of picture making, an original sense of color, and a desire to deal with important pictorial issues."

Gay married Marcelle Chaix, who was also French, in 1934.