Untitled 093
View Similar Items
Sam FrancisUntitled 0931994
1994
About the Item
- Creator:Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
- Creation Year:1994
- Dimensions:Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Width: 32.75 in (83.19 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Santa Monica, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU481236233
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.
Find authentic Sam Francis art today on 1stDibs.
- Lost and found - Contemporary Figurative Print, Black & white, FemaleLocated in Warsaw, PLEdition of 40, signed, numbered AGNIESZKA LECH-BIŃCZYCKA Graduated from University of Rzeszów in a field of Artistic Education with specialisation in g...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Aquatint
- Nude IX - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Aquatint Etching PrintBy Marta Wakula-MacLocated in Warsaw, PLMARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Prints
MaterialsPaper, Etching, Aquatint
- Mirror 2 - Contemporary Figurative Print, Black & white, FemaleLocated in Warsaw, PLEdition of 40, signed, numbered AGNIESZKA LECH-BIŃCZYCKA Graduated from University of Rzeszów in a field of Artistic Education with specialisation in g...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Aquatint
- Adynamy - Contemporary Figurative Print, Black & white, FemaleLocated in Warsaw, PLAGNIESZKA LECH-BIŃCZYCKA Graduated from University of Rzeszów in a field of Artistic Education with specialisation in graphics. She obtained her diploma...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Aquatint
- My Pool and Terrace (from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary ContemporaryBy David HockneyLocated in Bristol, GBEtching and aquatint in colours on wove paper Edition of 250 + 30 AP's 73.7 x 106 cm (29 x 41.7 in) Condition on requestCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsAquatint, Etching
- I from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented PerspectivesBy Barry Le VaLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Barry Le Va, American (b. 1941) Title: I from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives Year: 1981 Medium: Etching with Aquatint on grey BFK Rives, sign...Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint