This prolific californian artist created the bulk of his signature sam francis prints and paintings during the mid 20th century.
Sam francis famous paintings.
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.
Sam francis 1923 1994 occupies a prominent position in post war american painting.
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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.
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Sam francis was an american artist known for his exuberantly colorful large scale abstract paintings.
In 2010 artist and filmmaker jeffrey perkins released the documentary the painter sam francis.
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.
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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.
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Sam francis american painter and printmaker who was prominent among the group of painters known as the second generation of abstract expressionists.
Francis studied at the university of california at berkeley in 1941 43.
Francis created thousands of paintings as well as works on paper prints and monotypes housed in major museum collections and institutions around the world.
Francis most iconic works are characterized by saturated splashes of color that populate the edges of the canvas in order to emphasize the luminous.
Francis is subsequently seen painting a perfectly straight line along the edge of the white.
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