To mark the centenary of the birth of Sam Francis (1923-1994), Museum JAN pays tribute to this American painter. The exhibition Homage to Sam Francis, showing from 3 February until 21 May 2023, features a selection of Francis’ work from our own collection, complemented by special loans from art collector and Francis enthusiast Nico Delaive. Francis is often associated with abstract expressionism, a post-war American painting movement, but developed a style of his own after his introduction to European and Oriental (modern) art. Francis became known for his paintings featuring expressive colours in a ‘controlled chaos’ of spots, drops, lines and strokes.