Sam Francis Paintings
American, 1923-1994
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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Artist: Sam Francis
Bright Web, 1973 (SF73-5)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bright Web is an acrylic on paper painting with an image size of 22 x 30 inches, signed and dated verso 'Sam Francis 1973 Tokyo' and framed in a custom, closed-corner, gold-leaf fram...
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
The Yellow and Black Square (1959), [SF58-133], Abstract Painting by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sam FRANCIS (1923-1994)
THE YELLOW AND WHITE SQUARE
Signed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
Watercolor on paper
11 by 10 in. (27.9 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1959
This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF58-133 in consideration for the
forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper.
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1950s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-6)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-6) is an acrylic painting on canvas, laid on board, from Francis' 'Last Works' collection. The canvas is 12.5 x 16 inches and stamped verso with the Sam Francis...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Iron Forest)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled (Iron Forest)
1989
Acrylic on prepared paper
91.4 x 182.9 cms (36 x 72 ins)
SF012
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sam Francis
1923-1994 American
Untitled
Signed and dated "Sam Francis 1965" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
This striking painting hails from the renowned Edge Paintings series by impor...
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20th Century Modern Sam Francis Paintings
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Oil
Untitled (SF64-048)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
From the series Blue Balls, (1960-63). This series preoccupied Francis for a number of years, and as William C. Agee pointed out, are rooted in his threatened physical body. Again, t...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-36)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-36) is an acrylic painting on canvas, from Francis' 'Last Works' collection. The canvas is 18 x 22 inches and stamped verso with the Sam Francis estate stamp. F...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
SF 89-153.
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 67 x 51 cm.
Frame size: 112 x 97 cm.
Free shipment worldwide.
Archive number SF 89-153 in the Sam Francis Foundation.
Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo and stamped signature on verso.
Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire.
Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre.
The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings.
The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking.
Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work.
Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art.
He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia.
He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994.
Sam Francis’s first...
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1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (SFP94-78) (SFF.1754)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (SFF.1704)
1994
Acrylic on canvas
38.1 x 45.7 cms (15 x 18 ins)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist, California, 1994;
Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, June 1996;
...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled, 1980 (SF80-107)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled, 1980 (SF80-107) is an acrylic painting on paper, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1980' verso and framed in a contemporary, closed-corner, gold leaf frame. Painted to the edge...
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled, 1982 (SF82-254)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (SF82-254) from 1982 is an acrylic painting on paper, with an image size of 19.5 x 13.25 inches, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1982' verso, a...
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled, 1963 (SF63-039)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (SF63-039) is an acrylic painting on paper, with an image size of 41 x 27.5 inches, signed 'Sam Francis' verso, and framed in a contemporary light wood frame.
Untitled, 196...
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled, 1970 (SF68-44)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (SF68-44) from 1970 is an acrylic painting on paper with an image size of 41 x 27.5 inches, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1970' verso, and framed in a custom, closed-corner,...
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled SF80-1191
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF80-1191, 1980
Technique: Stamp Signed Acrylic on tissue thin Japan paper
Paper si...
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1980s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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UNTITLED (1969), [SF69-005], Abstract Painting by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sam Francis (1923‐1994)
UNTITLED [SF69-005]
acrylic on paper
104.7 x 74.9 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/2 in)
Executed in 1969
Signed and dated on the base
This work is identified with the int...
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
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Yea II
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th century abstract artists.
After serving in the air force in WW II, Francis returned to his native Californ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Sketch SF65-076
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Sketch SF65-076, 1965
Technique: Signed and Dated Acrylic Painting on Paper
Size: 33 x 55.9 ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled SF79-011 (Acrylic Collage) - American Abstract Art 1986
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
This is an acrylic painting with collage on wove paper by Sam Francis. It is hand signed in pencil "Sam Francis" and dated "1979! beneath the signature verso.
It was painted in 1979...
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
By Sam Francis
Located in Geneva, CH
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
1964
Acrylic on paper
73 x 56.5 cm
94 x 75 cm / 37 x 29.5 in. (w...
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled, SF78-255 - Acrylic Painting with Watercolour American Abstract Art
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF78-255 (Acrylic), 1978
Technique: Signed and Dated Acrylic on BFK Rives Paper
Pap...
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This captivating work by Sam Francis, titled Untitled, showcases the artist's mastery of color, form, and composition. Created in 1988 using acrylic on canvas, the piece measures 7 1...
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1980s Sam Francis Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled SF78-94, 1978 (red acrylic)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF78-94, 1978 (red acrylic)
Technique: Stamp Signed Acryl...
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Paintings
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Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire. Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre. The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings. The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking. Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art. He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia. He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994. Sam Francis’s first...
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