Sam Francis

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

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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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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

Exhibitions

• 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.

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.