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| "SF 59-015", Acryl, Collage, Leinwand, Papier, 27.5 x 19.5 cm |
| 1959 |
| Galerie Proarta |
Biography
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Courtesy by "Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam"
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25.6.1923 Born in San Mateo, CA (US)
Studied medicine at The University of California at Berkeley. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1943, and suffered an injury that required a lengthy recuperation during which Francis took up painting. He then studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. Francis lived in Paris in the 1950’s and achieved his first success in France. After returning to the United States to spend one year in New York City he settled in Santa Monica, California, in 1961. Francis traveled widely exhibiting frequently in Europe and particularly in Japan where he achieved immense celebrity.
Sometimes considered a second-generation Abstract Expressionist, Francis’ work of the 1950’s and 1960’s was abstract, luminous and painterly rather than gestural. Influenced by the works of Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still, Francis’ “signature” paintings of the early 1950’s are overlays of serial but asymmetrical biomorphic forms saturated with color. In the mid-1950’s, Francis began to paint fields of various sized clusters of cell-like shapes usually in blue, yellow, and red on a white ground. By the late 1950’s Francis concentrated on large mural sized works dominated by white and bordered by colorful clusters of forms. This remained his vocabulary throughout his career but by the 1970’s and 1980’s a greater degree of structure emerged. In addition to monumental and easel-size paintings he produced a significant oeuvre of works on paper and prints.
Lives and works 1950 - 1957 in Paris (FR)
4.11.1994 Died in Santa Barbara, CA (US)
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from 15.5. Ganz schön ART-ig - LECKERBISSEN III
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
until 25.6. BLICKPUNKTE - Frühjahr / Sommer 2008
Galerie Neher GmbH & Co. KG, Essen
until 7.6. escalera de color - exposición colectiva
Galería Cayón, Madrid
Solo shows 36
2008 Sam Francis
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
2006 Sam Francis, Lithographies et aquatintes 1960-1989
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Sam Francis und Bern
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
2005 SamFrancis Works On Paper
Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL
Sam Francis - The unknown works from the 1990
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Sam Francis
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Sam Francis
Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki
2004 Remembering Sam Francis 1923 - 1994
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Sam Francis
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
Sam Francis
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Material Collagen - Sam Francis
Galerie Thomas, Munich
Sam Francis - Frühe Bilder
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
2003 Sam Francis - Prototypes
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Sam Francis
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
2002 SAM FRANCIS in Köln
Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
Sam Francis from the Idemitsu Collection
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba
Sam Francis
Galerie Thomas, Munich
2001 Sam Francis - Works on paper - 1955-1990
Galerie Pudelko, Bonn
Sam Francis
Galleria Rubin, Milan
Sam Francis - Retrospektive 1949-1994
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
Sam Francis - A new Selection from the 1950s and 1960s
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Sam Francis
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Sam Francis
Galleria Rubin, Milan
Sam Francis - Bilder der 60er Jahre
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
2000 Sam Francis
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
Sam Francis - Prints and Drawings
Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City, NY
Sam Francis
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
1999 Sam Francis
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
Sam Francis - Retrospektive 1953-1992
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
Sam Francis - Letzte Werke - Letzte Bilder und Papierarbeiten
Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg
Sam Francis
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Sam Francis - Lithographien und Unikate
galerie pro arte, Freiburg
The Spirit of Blue
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
Sam Francis: Edges 1962-1970
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
1998 paintings and works on paper 1949-1994
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Group shows 132
2008 Form und nichtform in der graphik
Galerie Maulberger, Munich
Modern Prints - Klassische Moderne bis Pop Art
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
Choices
Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
Action Painting
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
2007 Chartae
Galleria Tega, Milan
Art Market Now
The Columns, Seoul
Contemporary, Cool and Collected
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
20th-Century Treasures
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Picasso La Californie
Helly Nahmad Gallery, London (England)
Calculation and Impulse: Abstract American Prints
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Prime Time - Idols and Icons
Vonderbank Artgalleries - Berlin, Berlin
Grand Gestures: The Gordon F. Hampton Collection
UAM - University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Poetry in Motion
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection of the Contemporary Museum
The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
When Art Worlds Collide - The 60s
Woodward Gallery, New York City, NY
Collectors 1 - Collezione La Gaia
Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio
Modern(ist) Love - The Dorothy Lincoln-Smith and Harvey K. Smith Collection
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Phoenix, AZ
Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
The Pontus Hultén Collection
Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
Temptations
The Columns, Seoul
Passion for Art - 35 Jahre Essl Museum
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
Auktion 24
Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
American Master Prints
Alan Cristea Gallery, London (England)
Pontus Hultén - Künstler einer Sammlung
HLMD - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Olga Hirshhorn Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
La couleur toujours recommencée - Hommage à Jean Fournier
Musée Fabre, Montpellier
2006 Afro & incotri e Confronti italia America
Gallerie d´Arte Moderna di Udine GAMUD, Udine
Masterworks
Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
Sammlung Essl - Kunst der Gegenwart
Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn
Arena der Abstraktion
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Contemporary and Modern Masters
Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
Works on Paper
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
Marks of Intention. Abstract Art on Paper 1945-2005
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
A New Age: American Painting from the 1950s and 1960s
Ulster Museum, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
Print: Modern British,International and Contemporary
OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England)
Blanc Silence
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC
Fest der Farbe; Die Sammlung Merzbacher-Mayer
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Apollo e Dionisio - Una riconciliazione possibile
Galleria Blu, Milan
Présentation de peintures de 1980 à 1990
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
LECKERBISSEN II
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
Tapies - Tomasello - Picasso - Chillida - Sam Francis
Galerie Art 204, Dusseldorf
Contemporary and Modern Paintings
Richard Gray Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL
Contemporary and Modern Paintings
Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
2005 40 peintures de petit format
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Intuitive Reflection
Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich
Group Show
Galleria Torbandena, Trieste
Expresionismo Abstracto - Obra sobre papel
Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
Weihnachtsausstellung
Galerie Koch, Hannover
IT´s FRAMED - Exclusive Pop Art
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann • Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
American and European Selections
Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
Austrian Contemporary Art and Postwar Painting
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL
James Bishop, Stéphane Bordarier, Sam Francis, Simon Hantaï, Shirley Jaffe, Bernard Piffaretti, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Kimb
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
In neuer Frische - Neupräsentation der Sammlung
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Présentation de peintures de 1970à 1980
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Présentation de peintures de 1960 à 1970
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Large Paintings by A. Gottlieb, S. Francis, R. Pousette-Dart, H. Hofmann
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Accrochage - Von Delaunay bis Lichtenstein
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
40 Jahre Galerie Thomas
Galerie Thomas, Munich
Wilder a tribute to the Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles 1965-1979
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY
The 35th Anniversary Exhibition - Part 1
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Into The Unknown - Abstraction From The Collection
MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Drawn Words Painted Words
Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia
50 JAHRE GALERIE KOCH
Galerie Koch, Hannover
De Cézanne à Dubuffet - La collection Jean Planque
Musée dIxelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels
Boca Raton collects
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Selected Works from the Sterling Collection
The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
2004 Aspekte der Abstraktion
Galerie Maulberger, Munich
Visions of America
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
XIX & XX Century Master Paintings and Sculptures
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY
James Bishop, Sam Francis, Simon Hantaï, Joan Mitchell, Jean-Paul Riopelle
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
25th Anniversary Exhibition
MODERNISM, San Francisco, CA
Selection of the Gallery
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Masterpieces of Modern Printmaking
Alan Cristea Gallery, London (England)
Bocca de la Verità
Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg
25 Jahre Wilhelm-Hack-Museum - 25 Jahre Sammeln
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
AVANGUARDIE STORICHE E ASTRAZIONE - Importanti opere su carta del XX secolo
Galleria Torbandena, Trieste
Africa - Beauty and Disaster
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Les artistes du GI Bill. Les artistes américains à Paris
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Kunst der Ecole de Paris nach 1950
Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
Fragmentos - Arte del XX al XXI, Colección Pilar Citoler
Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
Ausgewählte Arbeiten von Hans Hartung, Sam Francis, Serge Poliakoff
Galerie Art 204, Dusseldorf
Es Baluard any zero
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca
Under $2,000 Albers < Zaugg
Brooke Alexander Editions, New York City, NY
2003 The Eunice and Hal David Collection of 19th and 20th Century Works on Paper
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Künstlerphotographien - Berühmte Photographen portraitieren berühmte Künstler
Galerie Pudelko, Bonn
El Expresionismo Abstracto Americano en las Colecciones Españolas
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia
Fokus Galeriebestand
Galerie Döbele GmbH - Dresden, Dresden
Die Fondation Maeght - Südliche Kunst unter nordischem Himmel
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
Vincent van Gogh and the contemporary art
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Ausgewählte Originale und Original-Grafik
Galerie Art 204, Dusseldorf
Visions and Revisions - Art on Paper since 1960
MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
ACCROCHAGE
Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
Leckerbissen
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
Graphic Works from the Lopez Collection
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Memoir of Freedom
CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY
Glimpses of the Permanent Collection
CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY
RETROSPECTACLE: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
All American, Part II
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
Meisterwerke Der Graphischen Sammlung
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
The New York School: Abstract Expressionism and Beyond
UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
American Abstraction
Alan Cristea Gallery, London (England)
AMERICAN SCENE
M-ART Galerie, Hamburg
Arte Múltipla
Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon
The Print Collection - Modern and Contemporary Prints
Scolar Fine Art, London (England)
Claude Monet - ...bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
De jeunes artistes ont été conviés á cette exposition
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
V.I.P. 1 - Very Important Pieces
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Nur Farbe
Galerie Thomas, Munich
2001 All American
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
A defining generation. Then and Now. 1961 and 2001
The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Avatars du papier
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Kunst & Design
Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz
Pop Art & Co - Uniques, Graphics and Multiples
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann • Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
Arte internazionale a Prato - Open Art, sguardi sul presente
Galleria Open Art, Prato
Eye of Modernism
Georgia OKeeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Malerei - Arbeiten auf Papier - Skulptur
Galerie Stühler, Berlin
Geometric Forms in Abstraction
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
2000 Zeitgenössische Graphik Zeichnungen Gpuachen Skulpturen
KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg
American Abstract Expressionism
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Sam Francis - Lithographien / Mark Tobey - Originalwerke und Radierungen
Galerie Döbele GmbH - Dresden, Dresden
Made in USA - Originalgraphik
Galerie & Edition Bode GmbH, Nuremberg
Accrochage
Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels
Malerei - Arbeiten auf Papier - Skulptur
Galerie Stühler, Berlin
1999 Mit unseren Künstlern in das nächste Jahrtausend
galerie pro arte, Freiburg
The first view
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
Color & Field
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Graphik - Prints - Estampes
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Primed & Unprimed
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
Selected Prints
MODERNISM, San Francisco, CA
1998 Drei Amerikaner (Katalog Fr. 20,-)
Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos
Sam Francis / Hans Bosshard
Galerie Proarta, Zurich
ALBUM - A selection from the Fondatión Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona
Dealer Directory 104

Austria
Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Graz, Graz

Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg

Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg

Galerie Weihergut Altstadtgalerie, Salzburg

Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Wien, Vienna

Belgium
Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels

Canada
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC

Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, ON

Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Denmark
Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen

France
Galerie Raymond Dreyfus, Paris

Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris

Galerie LC, Paris

Pascal Retelet Fine Art, Saint-Paul de Vence

Galerie Jane Griffiths, Val d'Isère

Germany
Galerie Stühler, Berlin

Galerie Pudelko, Bonn

Baukunst Galerie, Cologne

Galerie Boisserée, Cologne

Galerie Art 204, Dusseldorf

Galerie Ludorff, Dusseldorf

Vonderbank Artgalleries - Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt/Main

Galerie Wild, Frankfurt/Main

Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg

Empire Art Galerie Mainz, Mainz

American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich

Galerie Andreas Baumgartl, Munich

Galerie Thomas, Munich

Hungary
Al Galerie, Budapest

Italy
Gallerie Repetto, Acqui Terme

Galleria Soave, Alessandria

Galleria de' Foscherari, Bologna

Galleria Colossi Arte Contemporanea, Brescia

Galleria Blu, Milan

Galleria Movimento Arte Contemporanea, Milan

Galleria Arte del XX Secolo, Montecatini Terme

Galleria d'arte Vecchiato, Padova

Galleria Centro Steccata, Parma

Galleria Open Art, Prato

2RC Gallery, Rome

Galeria D'Arte Il Gabbiano, Rome

Galleria L´Archimede, Rome

Japan
Gallery Garando, Nagoya

Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo

Tamada Projects, Tokyo

Netherlands
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam

Reflex New Art Gallery, Amsterdam

Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven

Spain
Galería Elvira González, Madrid

Sweden
Galleri Victoria, Halmstad

Switzerland
Galerie Beyeler, Basel

Galerie Carzaniga GmbH, Basel

Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos

Galerie Lovers of Fine Art, Gstaad

Galerie Salis & Vertes - St. Moritz, St. Moritz

Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich

Galerie Werner Bommer, Zurich

Galerie Proarta, Zurich

Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich

United Kingdom
Adam Gallery, London (England)

THE ANDIPA GALLERY, London (England)

Archeus, London (England)

Broadbent Gallery, London (England)

Alan Cristea Gallery, London (England)

Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (England)

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (England)

Helly Nahmad Gallery, London (England)

OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England)

Robert Sandelson, London (England)

Martin Summers Fine Art Ltd, London (England)

Waddington Galleries, London (England)

USA
Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, CO

Opera Gallery, Bal Harbour, FL

Timothy Yarger Fine Art - Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA

Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL

Aaron Galleries, Chicago, IL

Richard Gray Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL

Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL

Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

ACE Gallery - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Evelyn Aimis Fine Art, Miami, FL

Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY

Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York City, NY

Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York City, NY

Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY

Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City, NY

Max Lang Gallery, New York City, NY

Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY

Opera Gallery, New York City, NY

Pace Prints, New York City, NY

Walker Fine Art, New York City, NY

Woodward Gallery, New York City, NY

Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

Pascal de Sarthe Fine Art, Paradise Valley, AZ

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Graystone, San Francisco, CA

Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco, CA

MODERNISM, San Francisco, CA

Cynthia Drennon Fine Arts, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, CA

Public collections 53

Austria
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg

Canada
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal, QC

National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON

Finland
Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

France
LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque

BnF Site Richelieu, Paris

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes

les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse

Germany
Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen

Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach

Villa Haiss, Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Zell a.H.

Italy
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Japan
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba

MOMAT The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Netherlands
Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen

Norway
Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden

Poland
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz

Portugal
Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon

Slovakia
Danubiana - Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava

Spain
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona

Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel

Foundation Beyeler, Riehen

United Kingdom
Ulster Museum, Belfast (Northern Ireland)

Tate Britain, London (England)

USA
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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