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Birth
1923 (San Mateo, California)
Death
1994 (Santa Monica, California)
Lived/Active
California / Japan/France
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Often Known For
splatter-stain imagery painting, graphics
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Categories of Interest
Abstract Expressionism
Modernism
California Painters
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| An Abstract Expressionist* painter known for his brilliant coloration
and splotch-like shapes, Sam Francis became one of the big-name
modernist artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was
much influenced by Clyfford Styll and Mark Rothko. Unlike the
creations of many of the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area
Figurative* painters, his work was light and airy and increasingly
decorative. Seeking his own approach to abstraction*, he spent
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