Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 - November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Francis was born in San Mateo, California, and studied botany, medicine and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II before being injured in a plane crash. He was in the hospital for several years, and it was while there that he began to paint. Once out of the hospital he returned to Berkeley, … Wikipedia
Considered one of the premier colorists of the twentieth century, Sam Francis is best known for dramatic, lushly painted works comprised of vivid pools of color, thinly applied. www.hollistaggart.com/artists/francis.htm
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...F Francis Refine Sam Francis 1923-1994 Sort By Date Title Accession No 6 Works Sam Francis Painting 1957 T00148 on paper, unique Addtoselection... www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&ar...
A pintura de Sam Francis encoraja compemplao, tal como a obra expressionista de Rothko, um dos seus contemporneos. oseculoprodigioso.blogspot.com/2005/09/francis-sam-expres...
