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Basic Data
- Born on: 25 June 1923
- Died on: 4 November 1994
- Place of birth: San Mateo, California, USA
- Nationality: American
- Studied at: University of California, Berkeley
- Teacher: Mark Rothko
- Similar artists: Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Hartung
- Era: Modern art
- Stylistic direction: abstract art
Sam Francis Art For Sale
Sam Francis Untitled Original Print Lithograph
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Sam Francis The Upper Red Print Lithograph
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Sam Francis Print Lithograph 1981 untitled
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Sam Francis Lithograph Poèmes Dans Le Ciel
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Exhibitions
- 15.09.21 - 12.12.21 NOTHINGTOSEENESS - Leere/Weiß/Stille – Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
- 04.06.21 - 03.04.22 Break + Bleed - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose.
- 19.02.21 - 27.06.21 Sam Francis. SPACE & CONTAINMENT, Ludorff, Düsseldorf.
- 10.10.20 - 28.03.21 Der Löwe hat Hunger… - Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
- 04.11.18 - 06.01.19 Pierre Soulages – Noir / Lumière - LUDWIGMUSEUM Koblenz.
- 14.07.2017 - 05.11.2017 The Great Graphic Boom. Amerikanische Kunst 1960 – 1990 - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
- 24.09.2016 - 02.01.2017 Abstract expressionism - Royal Academy of Arts, London.
- 08.04.2016 - 28.07.2016 Drawing, Dreaming and Desire, Works on Paper by Sam Francis - Norton Simon Museum, Passadena.
- 27.05.2015 - 22.04.2016 La Nouvelle Presentation des Collections Modernes, 1905-1965 - Centre Pompidou, Paris.
- 01.05.2015 - 28.06.2015 20th Century Visionaries. Print and Photographs from the Permanent Collection - St. Louis University Museum of Art, Saint Louis.
- 13.02.2015 - 20.02.2016 A Modern adventure. Renault Art Collection Exhibition - Today Art Museum of Beijing.
- 04.11.2014 - 20.12.2014 Impressions (New York). The Fine Art of Original Prints - Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London.
- 05.06.2014 - 31.07.2014 Sam Francis - Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London.
- 17.05.2013 - 07.10.2013 Views from above - Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz.
- 22.03.2013 - 09.06.2013 Von Beckmann bis Warhol. Die Sammlung Bayer - Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin.
Awards
- 1962: Grand Prix 3rd International Biennal Exhibition of Prints, Tokyo.
- 1968: Honorary Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley USA.
- 1981: Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris.
- 1994: Distinguished Alumnus Award of the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley.
Films
- The Painter Sam Francis, Documentation by Jeffrey Perkins, 1h 25min, USA 2008.
Literature
- Sam Francis: The Artist Materials, Debra Burchett-Lere & Aneta Zebala (Publ.), Los Angeles 2019.
- Sam Francis, John Yau, London 2014.
- Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Debra Burchett-Lere (Publ.), USA 2011.
- Sam Francis. Color is the essence of it all, Marian Winsryg & Jerry Aistrip (Publ.), Santa Monica 2003.
- Sam Francis - Paintings 1947-1992, William C. Agee, Los Angeles 1999.
- Sam Francis, Richard Fernhout, Delaive, Amsterdam 1996.
Own Writings
- Aphorisms, Sam Francis, Santa Monica 1984.
Collections
Germany
- Essen - Museum Folkwang
France
- Paris - Centre Pompidou
- Rennes - Musée des Beaux-Arts
Japan
- Tokyo - Idemitsu Museum of Arts
- Tokyo - The National Museum of Modern Art MOMAT
Switzerland
- Basel - Kunstmuseum Basel
USA
- Detroit - Cranbrook Art Museum
- New York - MET The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- New York - Museum of Modern Art MoMA
- New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Los Angeles - Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA
- Madison - Madison Museum of Contemporary Art MMoCA
Weblinks
- Sam Francis Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
- Sam Francis Homepage Biography, artwork and exhibition overview.
- Sam Francis Foundation Detailled biography and information to the artist and his artworks.
