Sam Francis

1923–1994

Sam Francis, ‘Around the Blues’ 1957–62
Around the Blues 1957–62
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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

Artworks

Sam Francis, ‘Around the Blues’ 1957–62

Sam Francis Around the Blues

1957–62
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Sam Francis, ‘Painting’ 1957

Sam Francis Painting

1957
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Sam Francis, ‘Concert Hall I’ 1976

Sam Francis Concert Hall I

1976
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Sam Francis, ‘Damn Braces’ 1960

Sam Francis Damn Braces

1960
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Sam Francis, ‘Blue Blood Stone’ 1960

Sam Francis Blue Blood Stone

1960
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Sam Francis White Bone

1971
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Features

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 ...

Patrick Heron, Garden Leaves 1955
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Abstraction sans frontières

Éric de Chassey

International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915-65

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