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Sam FrancisUntitled SF50-0011950
1950
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Sam Francis (1923-1994) was an American abstract painter, born in San Mateo, California. He turned to painting in the aftermath of World War II whilst recovering from severe injuries sustained as a fighter pilot, later undertaking a degree in painting at the University of California, Berkley. He went on to study at Fernand Leger's academy in Paris, as well as studying and developing his artistic practice in New York and Japan during the 1950s. During his lifetime, his work featured in 113 solo exhibitions at important public museums and commercial galleries around the world. Since his death in 1994 he has been the subject of over 90 solo exhibitions. His work can be found in major international museum collections, including those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA, New York, Kunstmuseum, Basel and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
The gallery has enjoyed a long working association with Francis and Jacobson dating back to the 1980s. This close working relationship has resulted in significant exhibitions by Francis with the gallery over the subsequent years and Bernard is considered a leading expert on the artist's work.
Sam Francis is widely considered as one of the most important artists of the post-war era, as well as a leading interpreter of colour and light. Francis' work references multiple influences, including Abstract Expressionism, Colour Field painting, Chinese and Japanese Art, and French Impressionism.
- Creator:Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
- Creation Year:1950
- Dimensions:Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU262215754322
Sam Francis
Sam Francis was an American artist known for his exuberantly colorful, large-scale abstract paintings. His practice incorporated elements from Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Impressionism and Eastern philosophy to create a unique style of painterly abstraction.
Influenced by Jackson Pollock and Clyfford Still, Francis is more closely associated to the work of Helen Frankenthaler, as he was more interested in the formal arrangement of the picture plane than the expressivity of the individual artist. “Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment,” Francis once reflected.
Born on June 25, 1923 in San Mateo, California, Francis briefly served in the US Air Force during World War II but was injured during a test flight. Returning to California, he received his BA and MA from UC Berkeley in botany and psychology before beginning to pursue a career in art. The artist traveled widely during his career, and he was closely aligned with the Art Informel movement while living abroad in Paris during the 1950s.
Francis died on November 4, 1994 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 71. He was a founding trustee of Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, among others.
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