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FRANCIS Sam (Samuel Lewis Francis); born 1923 San Mateo, California - 1994 Santa Monica, California. American painter. |
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1941-43 |
Studied
botany and medicine at Berkeley. Military service in the US Army Air
Corps. |
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| 1944 | Spinal
injury in a plane crash. Taught himself to paint while bedridden. |
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| 1948-50 | Studied
painting and history of art, among other teachers, under Rothko and
Still. Travelled around the world, stopping in Mexico, India, Japan and
Thailand. Early paintings influenced by Abstract Expressionism. |
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| until 1949 | He
painted irregular, cell-like patches of color with thinned oil or
acrylic paints. |
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| 1950 | After
1950 his characteristic patches and blot patterns flowed into one
another, forming monochromes. |
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| 1956 | Wall
paintings for the Kunsthalle, Basel. |
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| 1958 | Took
part in the exhibition 'New American Painting' that was shown in eight
European cities. |
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| 1959 | Participation
in documenta 2 in Kassel. |
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| 1963 | Moved
to Santa Monica, California. |
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| 1964 | Participation
in documenta 3 in Kassel. |
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| 1969 | Honorary
doctorate from the University of Berkeley. |
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| 1973 | Visited
Japan. |
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| 1974 | Returned
to California. |
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| 1977-1983 | Exhibitions
in Copenhagen, Paris, Boston and St.Paul. |
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Besides being one of the chief exponents of Action Painting in America, Sam Francis worked in other materials such as clay and ceramics and also used techniques such as lithographs and monotypes. |
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