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Sam francis famous paintings. Sam francis was an american artist known for his exuberantly colorful large scale abstract paintings. Sam francis 1985 song by lopez beatles. Make offer american painter francis sam 1923 1994 large oil painting early 1950s sam francis fresh air lithograph 22 x 29 mint condition arte maeght 1972 450 00. Sam francis untitled sff 737 1980 acrylic on gatorboard 56 5 x 121 9 cms 22 1 4 x 48 ins sf14752 provenance.

Francis is subsequently seen painting a perfectly straight line along the edge of the white. Echoing the style of his contemporaries the abstract expressionists his boldly colored monochromatic pieces made way for the more exciting movement driven multi faceted splatter brush paintings. This prolific californian artist created the bulk of his signature sam francis prints and paintings during the mid 20th century. In 2010 artist and filmmaker jeffrey perkins released the documentary the painter sam francis.

He joined the u s. Private collection acquired directly from the artist. Army air corps and was injured in a plane crash. The documentary includes film of francis at work filmed between 1968 and the early 90s together with interviews with friends family and professional associates of francis.

Although associated with the abstract expressionist movement and clement greenberg s post painterly abstraction unlike many american painters of he time he had direct and prolonged exposure to french painting and to japanese art which had an individual impact on his work. One of the twentieth century s most profound abstract expressionists american artist sam francis 1923 1994 is noted as one of the first post world war ii painters to develop an international reputation. Francis created thousands of paintings as well as works on paper prints and monotypes housed in major museum collections and institutions around the world. Sam francis american painter and printmaker who was prominent among the group of painters known as the second generation of abstract expressionists.

A different process is evident in jeffrey perkins s film the painter sam francis where the artist holds a large round paintbrush with a soft oval shaped tip and lays down an almost invisible water drawing on the canvas for the berlin mural 1970. Francis most iconic works are characterized by saturated splashes of color that populate the edges of the canvas in order to emphasize the luminous. The painterly abstraction of sam francis is most often associated with the american abstract expressionist movement but francis also spent a great deal of time in paris and became linked with the parallel movement of art informel in europe. Sam francis 1923 1994 occupies a prominent position in post war american painting.

Francis studied at the university of california at berkeley in 1941 43.