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Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 – November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Early life. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo, California, [1][2] the son of Katherine Lewis Francis and Samuel Augustus Francis Sr. The 1935 death of his mother affected him deeply; she had encouraged his interest in music.
Aug 31, 2021 · Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis. A revelatory and groundbreaking biography of Sam Francis, one of the 20th century’s most celebrated artists, and the American painter who brought the vocabulary of abstract expressionism to Paris.
Sam Francis is one of my favorite american painters (June 25, 1923 – November 4, 1994)The image in the video you see is ... I am a painter, composer and writer.
Feb 3, 2022 · Light on Fire is the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract artists of the twentieth century.
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For the late abstract expressionist Sam Francis, even subtle variations in the light in different parts of the world affected his work. The Bay Area native, who was born in San Mateo in 1923, lived and worked around the globe, from Paris and Tokyo to New York City and Santa Monica, before finally returning home to the Bay Area to settle in ...
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.
Sam Francis was born in San Mateo, California, and studied medicine and psychology at the University of California at Berkeley; in 1943 as a pilot for the Army Air Corps he suffered a serious spinal injury.
