Sam Francis Paintings Images

The 1935 death of his mother who had encouraged his interest in music affected him deeply but he later developed a strong bond with his stepmother virginia peterson francis.

Sam francis paintings images.

13 1 2 x 10 1 4 34 3 x 26 cm. Sam francis was born in san mateo california the son of katherine lewis francis and samuel augustus francis sr. Joseph press rudd brown. The wonder of debra burchett lere s catalogue raisonne of all known surviving 1 855 paintings on canvas or panel by sam francis is that you can examine each one in full color and full screen size by way of excellent cd images which may then be enlarged for closer study.

From early in his career francis realized commercial and critical success with his large paint splattered colorful images. 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. 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.

Pencil signed and numbered. This prolific californian artist created the bulk of his signature sam francis prints and paintings during the mid 20th century. Browse sam francis catalogue raisonnés online. Francis created thousands of paintings as well as works on paper prints and monotypes housed in major museum collections and institutions around the world.

He was married from 1947 through 1952 to vera miller a high school girlfriend then to california painter muriel goodwin 1955 58 then to japanese painter teruko yokoi with whom he had a daughter kayo. 41x51 in 104x129 cm edition. Sam francis ariel s ring 1972 follow artist add to watchlist limited edition print. Colorful paintings beautiful paintings sam francis abstract art images poesia visual ecole art paul klee museum of modern art abstract watercolor.

From the edition of 80 hand signed. Sam francis 1923 1994 occupies a prominent position in post war american painting.