Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1960s Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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20th Century Modern Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1950s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1980s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Glass, Paper, Ink, Wood
Nicholas Evans"Pierced" (Four Abstract, Bold, Dye and Black Paintings on Stained Paper, Glass), 2021
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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Juanita Bellavance Blue Ridge summer, Contemporary impressionism, blue, white, green, on paper, 2020
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Photographic Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Glaze, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Glaze, Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Color Pencil, House Paint
Karina Gentinetta"Bodacious" Large Black, Blue, Mint, White, Raw Sienna, Pink Abstract 72"x72", 2023
1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1980s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Color, Lithograph
20th Century Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Lithograph
1960s Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Paintings
Paper, Acrylic