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Biography
American painter and draughtsman, Francis began painting in 1944 at a time when he was convalescing after an aviation accident. He attended the University of California in Berkeley, a period during which he experimented with various painting styles, among which were Surrealism and the Abstract Expressionism Pollock, Rothko and, principally, Clyfford Still. His own style appeared around 1950, when Francis moved to Paris to join the studio of Fernand Léger, where he met Jean-Paul Riopelle who was later to be an important influence. In identifying himself with Informal Art, he took part in a number of this group's exhibitions although he refused to be formally associated with any movement. The last works of Sam Francis continued to be sensual celebrations of human emotion which was always a main feature of his art. He can be seen as one of the major exponents of Action Painting in America.
Exhibitions
Contemporary Painters in The Berardo Collection Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 28-05-2005 ~ 28-08-2005
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Collection Berardo, Oeuvres Choisies du 20e Siècle Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, France 05-10-2001 ~ 14-01-2002
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Collection Berardo, Oeuvres Choisies du 20e Siècle, 2001 Published by Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon ISBN 2711843319
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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