25 Jun Happy Birthday Sam Francis!
Sam Francis was born on June 25th, 1923: he would have been 89 today. Francis with his son Osamu in Venice studio, California. (Photo by Douglas Shields.)...
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23 Jun Sam Francis: “My happiness is a curved line…”
Sam Francis, "Untitled," 1988-89, 72 x 120 inches, acrylic on canvas Collection: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan From a statement written by Francis to accompany the display of "Untitled" in the exhibition “Theme Hiroshima,” 3 May–20 August 1989: "My happiness is a curved line, a...
21 Jun Galleria Agnellini Arte Moderna Brescia, Italy Sam Francis 23 April – 14 July 2012
Galleria Agnellini Arte Moderna Brescia, ItalySam Francis23 April - 14 July 2012 ...
21 Jun Sam Francis on Painting, 1957
"What we want to make is something that fills utterly the sight, and can't be used to make life only bearable; if the painting till now was a way of making bearable the sight of the unbearable, the visual sumptuous, then let's now strip away...
19 Jun Sam Francis “Berlin Red” at the Martin-Gropius-Bau
Sam Francis’s monumental 24-by-36-foot painting Berlin Red, which was painted in Los Angeles as a commission for the Neue Nationalgalerie in 1968-70, was recently on display at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, as part of "Pacific Standard Time." During the exhibition, Sam Francis Foundation Director Debra...