Sam Francis

1923–1994

Sam Francis, ‘Around the Blues’ 1957, 1962–3
Around the Blues 1957, 1962–3
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Biography

Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 – November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker.

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Abstract expressionism

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    Around the Blues 1957, 1962–3 by Sam Francis

    Natalie Adamson

    Around the Blues 1957, 1962–3 was painted when Sam Francis was travelling the world and developing a new approach to …
  • Patrick Heron, Garden Leaves 1955

    Tate Etc

    Abstraction sans frontières

    Éric de Chassey

    International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915-65
  • Jean Dubuffet, ‘The Exemplary Life of the Soil (Texturology LXIII)’ 1958

    Art Term

    Tachisme

    Term used to describe the non-geometric abstract art that developed in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s characterized by spontaneous …

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