2018
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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Galerie Pudeklo, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Galerie Pudeklo, Year: 1972, Medium: Poster, Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm)
Offset
Untitled (P-5), Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Untitled (P-5), Year: 1980, Medium: Poster, Edition: 1200, Size: 27.5 x 19.5 in. (69.85 x 49.53 cm), Printer: Bob Blair and George Page at Blair Litho, Los Angeles, Publisher: Centre International de Creation Artistique, Abbaye de Senanquem Gordes, Grance, Reference: Lembark P-5, Description: Poster for a Sam Francis exhibition...
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Year: circa 1985, Medium: Poster, Size: 26.5 x 35 in. (67.31 x 88.9 cm), Printer: The Litho Shop, Inc., Sa...
Offset
Chicago International Art Exposition, Abstract Expressionist Poster, Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Chicago International Art Exposition, Year: 1989, Medium: Poster, Size: 56.5 x 36.5 in. (143.51 x 92.71 cm), Printer: Black Box Collotype ...
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The Greenberg Gallery, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - The Greenberg Gallery, Year: 1979, Medium: Poster, Size: 38 x 25 in. (96.52 x 63.5 cm)
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Festival of Japanese Poetry, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Festival of Japanese Poetry, Year: 1985, Medium: Poster, Size: 30.5 x 21.5 in. (77.47 x 54.61 cm)
Offset
Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght) Poster /// Sam Francis Abstract Expression
By Sam Francis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght)" Year: 1983 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited ...
Lithograph, Offset
Composition by Sam Francis - Abstract, mixed media
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Composition by Sam Francis (1923-1994) Acryl...
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (SF-315)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper Frame: 44 x 35.75 in. Signed and numbered in pencil Image drawn with water tusche directly on plates Lembark 271
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
67.3 x 88.9 cms (26.5 x 35 ins) Edition of 50 Signed lower right, numbered lower left. Published by Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo. Printed by Harumi Sonoyama at Gendai hanga Kobo Co...
Color, Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1991 Etching in colours, Edition of 19, Colour Trial Proof 119.4 x 71.1 cms (47 x 28 ins) SF17883
Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
67.3 x 49.5 cms (26 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins) Edition of 7
Color, Lithograph
Through collage, painting and printmaking, the artist foregrounded Black life in America in revolutionary new ways.
By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.
